Chemists and their craft in fiction film

Hyle

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-44

  Weingart, Peter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alchemy; Chemistry in movies; Mad scientist; Public perception of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745498600     PISSN: 14335158     EISSN: 14335158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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