The birth of EMBO and the difficult road to EMBL

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 547-564

  Krige, John ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CERN; Euratom; European collaboration; Foundations; Molecular biology; Supranational organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036710516     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(02)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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