The svedberg and the boundary between science and industry: Laboratory practice, policy, and media images

History and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-27

  Widmalm, Sven ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Industry; Media; Misdirection; Policy; Svedberg; Ultracentrifuge

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444254199     PISSN: 07341512     EISSN: 14772620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07341510410001674457     Document Type: Article

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