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TIMOTHY LEARY'S MID-CAREER SHIFT: CLEAN BREAK OR INFLECTION POINT?

  1. DAVID C. DEVONIS

Article first published online: 30 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.21518

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Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Volume 48, Issue 1, pages 16–39, Winter 2012

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DEVONIS, D. C. (2012), TIMOTHY LEARY'S MID-CAREER SHIFT: CLEAN BREAK OR INFLECTION POINT?. J. Hist. Behav. Sci., 48: 16–39. doi: 10.1002/jhbs.21518

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