Experimentation

A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 472-488

  Weber, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Experimental biologists; Experimentation; History of biology; Molecular biologists; Planned production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891298829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696590.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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