The meaning of data: Open and closed evidential cultures in the search for gravitational waves

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-338

  Collins, H M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032286772     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/210040     Document Type: Article

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