The sokal hoax: At whom are we laughing?

Physics Today

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 29-34

  Beller, Mara ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0007508573     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.882436     Document Type: Article

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