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Doubt: A History

2004, Jennifer Michael Hecht

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Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson (ISBN 0060097957) is a book by Jennifer Michael Hecht that appeared in 2003.

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