A spiritual leader? Cambridge zoology, mountaineering and the death of F.M. Balfour

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-117

  Blackman, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balfour; Cambridge; Embryology; Mountaineering; SPR; Zoology

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542378833     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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