Accounting for explanation in popular science texts - An analysis of popularized accounts of superstring theory

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-346

  Turney, Jon ^a  

^a Penguin Press   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 7444270650     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662504044909     Document Type: Review

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