Socio/intellectual patterns in nanoscale research: Feynman nanotechnology prize laureates, 1993-2007

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Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 615-638

  Marcovich, Anne ^a   Shinn, Terry ^a  

^a Maison des Sciences de l'Homme   (France)

Author keywords

Control; Disciplinarity; Feynman nanotechnology prize; Nanobiology; Nanoscale research; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650106029     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: 14617412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018410377581     Document Type: Article

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