Dynamics of theory change in chemistry: Part 2. Benzene and molecular orbitals, 1945-1980

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-302

  Brush, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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