Scientific visuals, language, and the commercialization of a scientific idea: The strange case of the prion

Technical Communication Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-273

  Reeves, Carol ^a  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959302987     PISSN: 10572252     EISSN: 15427625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2011.578237     Document Type: Article

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