Constructing objects and transforming experimental systems

Perspectives on Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 78-105

  Tuunainen, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 18744411905     PISSN: 10636145     EISSN: 15309274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/10636140152947803     Document Type: Article

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