T. C. Chamberlin, climate change, and cosmogony

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

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-308

  Fleming, James R ^a  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Cosmogony; Interdisciplinary earth science; Pedagogy; T. C. Chamberlin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259941     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(00)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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