Rediscovering the historical methodology of the earth sciences by analyzing scientific communication styles

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 413, Issue 413, 2006, Pages 105-120

  Dodick, Jeff ^a   Argamon, Shlomo ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental science; Historical science; Language; Philosophy of science; Scientific methodology

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; HISTORY; LINGUISTICS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE; HISTORICAL SCIENCE; LANGUAGE; PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY;

CURRICULA;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; TEACHING;

EID: 72449177918     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2413(08)     Document Type: Article

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