Feynman's war: Modelling weapons, modelling nature

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 391-434

  Galison, Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032164072     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(98)00013-6     Document Type: Review

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