Lay observers, telegraph lines, and Kansas weather: The field network as a mode of knowledge production

Science in Context

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-280

  Vetter, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 79956152641     PISSN: 02698897     EISSN: 14740664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269889711000093     Document Type: Article

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