Do You Need to Believe in Orbitals to Use Them?: Realism and the Autonomy of Chemistry

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1052-1062

  Jenkins, Zack ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842853855     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377388     Document Type: Conference Paper

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