Hands as molecules: Representational gestures used for developing theory in a scientific laboratory

Semiotica

Volumn 156, Issue , 2005, Pages 89-112

  Becvar, L Amaya ^a   Hollan, James ^b   Hutchins, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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