Electrical technoscience and physics in transition, 1880-1920

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-211

  Arapostathis, Stathis ^a   Gooday, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied science; Electrical engineering; First World War; Patents; Physics; Pure science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880511255     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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