Instruments and rules: R. B. Woodward and the tools of twentieth-century organic chemistry

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-33

  Slater, Leo B ^a  

^a Chemical Heritage Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Instruments; Organic chemistry; R. B. Woodward; Scientific theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036170856     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-3681(01)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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