Compositionism as a dominant way of knowing in modern chemistry

History of Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-268

  Chang, Hasok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052378001     PISSN: 00732753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/007327531104900302     Document Type: Article

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