COI stories: Explanation and evidence in the history of science

Perspectives on Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 457-522

  Janssen, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1162/106361402322288066     Document Type: Article

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