Ambiguity: Aspects of the wave - Particle duality

British Journal for the History of Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 375-385

  Stepansky, Barbara K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347170826     PISSN: 00070874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007087497003142     Document Type: Article

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