Discovering discovery: How faraday found the first metallic colloid

Perspectives on Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-121

  Tweney, Ryan D ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746582916     PISSN: 10636145     EISSN: 15309274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/posc.2006.14.1.97     Document Type: Article

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