Institutionalizing molecular biology in post-war Europe: A comparative study

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 515-546

  Strasser, Bruno J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Americanisation; Atomic age; Institutional history; Molecular biology; Post war Europe; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036710517     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(02)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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