Might a laboratory experiment destroy planet earth?

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-202

  Calogero, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 0042726299     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/030801800679224     Document Type: Article

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