Do we really need the S-word?

American Scientist

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-9

  Higgs, Megan D ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84872531922     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2013.100.6     Document Type: Article

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