College Chemistry: how a textbook can reveal the values embedded in chemistry

Endeavour

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 140-144

  Bensaude Vincent, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; STUDENTS; TEXTBOOKS;

SYSTEMATIC SCIENCE;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

BOOK; CHEMISTRY; CREATIVITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PUBLIC FIGURE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CHEMISTRY; CREATIVENESS; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549056001     PISSN: 01609327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2007.10.004     Document Type: Review

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