Why respect for history - And historical error - Matters

Science and Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-111

  Allchin, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Context of discovery; Context of justification; Historiography; Nature of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644627953     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-005-8923-8     Document Type: Review

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