Prediction and the periodic table

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 407-452

  Scerri, Eric R ^a   Worrall, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Mendeleev; Periodic Table; Prediction; Weight of Evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042320516     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-3681(01)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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