How a scientific discovery is made: A case history

American Scientist

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 364-375

  Holton, Gerald ^a,d   Chang, Hasok ^b   Jurkowitz, Edward ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE   (Germany)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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