The Relationships Between Paranormal Belief, Creationism, Intelligent Design and Evolution at Secondary Schools in Vienna (Austria)

Science and Education

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 517-534

  Eder, Erich ^a   Turic, Katharina ^b   Milasowszky, Norbert ^a   Van Adzin, Katherine ^c   Hergovich, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GRG 12 ^*  (Austria)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 79955479389     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-010-9327-y     Document Type: Article

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