Dogmatism and theoretical pluralism in modern cosmology

Apeiron

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 227-234

  Ribeiro, Marceo B ^a   Videira, Antonio A P ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c CIND   (Brazil)

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