Predictivism and the periodic table

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 256-259

  Brush, Stephen G ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Dmitri Mendeleev; Novel predictions; Periodic law; Periodic table; Predictivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847268753     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2006.12.007     Document Type: Note

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