Experimental complexity in biology: Some epistemological and historical remarks

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Rheinberger, Hans Jörg ^a  

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

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EID: 0002536385     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/392604     Document Type: Article

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