Notes on the phieosophical status of nuclear physics

Foundations of Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 425-452

  Boniolo, Giovanni ^a,b   Petrovich, Carlo ^a,c   Pisent, Gualtiero ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Patchwork physics; Phenomenological models; Philosophical status of nuclear physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649114243     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020725613540     Document Type: Article

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