Emigration, isolation and the slow start of molecular biology in Germany

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 449-471

  Deichmann, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delbr ck; Emigration; Isolation; Research style; University structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036710566     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(02)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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