The cumulative advance of human know-how

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1809, 2003, Pages 1635-1653

  Nelson, Katherine ^a   Nelson, Richard R ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Learning; Skills; Technologies; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141888805     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1229     Document Type: Article

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