Is science really a young man's game?

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 137-149

  Wray, K Brad ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Kuhn; Scientific discovery; Scientific revolution; Young scientist

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038608685     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312703033001961     Document Type: Article

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