Towards "A Natural History of Data": Evolving Practices and Epistemologies of Data in Paleontology, 1800-2000

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 401-444

  Sepkoski, David ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Databases; Fossil record; H.G. Bronn; Paleontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880819064     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-012-9336-6     Document Type: Article

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