Conservation laws in scientific explanations: Constraints or coincidences?

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-352

  Lange, Marc ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 79959447552     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660299     Document Type: Article

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