What have psychologists (and others) discovered about the process of scientific discovery?

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 75-79

  Klahr, David ^a   Simon, Herbert A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Problem solving; Scientific discovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035533654     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00119     Document Type: Article

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