Has chaos been explained?

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 683-700

  Koperski, Jeffrey ^a  

^a SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040081825     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/52.4.683     Document Type: Article

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