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The role of language in expressing the life sciences in a polarized age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2017

Kathleen Hall Jamieson*
Affiliation:
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
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Correspondence: Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvani. Email: kjamieson@asc.upenn.edu
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