Novelty, severity, and history in the testing of hypotheses: The case of the top quark

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Staley, Kent W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041323787     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/289958     Document Type: Article

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