The assembly of geophysics: Scientific disciplines as frameworks of consensus

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

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-292

  Good, Gregory A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disciplinary history; Discipline formation; Disciplines; Geophysics; Research programmes; Research schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259741     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(00)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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