Towards 'chemical congruence' of the models in theoretical chemistry

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Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-115

  Tomasi, Jacopo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical concepts; Methodological criteria for models; Models in theoretical chemistry; Theoretical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011566841     PISSN: 14335158     EISSN: 14335158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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