Discovery in the lab: Plato's paradox and Delbrück's principle of limited sloppiness

FASEB Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-9

  Grinnell, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNIQUE;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; KNOWLEDGE; PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH; SCIENCE;

EID: 58249104992     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-0102ufm     Document Type: Short Survey

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