The reading of scientific texts: questions on interpretation and evaluation, with special reference to the scientific writings of Ludwik Fleck

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-158

  Hedfors, Eva ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ludwik Fleck; Research ethics; Scientific writings; Typhus vaccine

Indexed keywords

RICKETTSIA VACCINE; TYPHUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; JEW; PHILOSOPHY; POLAND; PRISON; RABBIT; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENCE; TYPHUS; WRITING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION CAMPS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JEWS; PHILOSOPHY; POLAND; RABBITS; RICKETTSIAL VACCINES; SCIENCE; TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE; WRITING;

EID: 33847156355     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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