Measurement outside the laboratory

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 850-863

  Boumans, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33947399234     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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