An appraisal of Mendeleev's contribution to the development of the periodic table

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-282

  Niaz, Mansoor ^a   Rodríguez, María A ^a   Brito, Angmary ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^b Inst Univ Tecnol JA Anzoategui   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Empirical law; Interpretative theory; Mendeleev's contribution; Periodic table; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542492099     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2003.12.014     Document Type: Article

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