The aerodynamics of insects: The role of models and matter in scientific experimentation

Social Epistemology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-337

  Silva, Michelle R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Biomimesis; Charles Ellington; Constructivism; Material recalcitrance; Mimesis; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Robotic moth; Scientific practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444434890     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691720500145472     Document Type: Article

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