Structural explanation in chemistry and its evolving forms

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 988, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-15

  Harré, Rom ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atom; Description; Explanation; Molecule; Realism; Regress; Structure; Taxonomy; Type

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; MATERIAL STATE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; THEORY;

EID: 0038047586     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb06080.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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