Understanding Form

Biological Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-335

  Wagensberg, Jorge ^a  

^a the Science Museum of la Fundació “la Caixa” in Barcelona ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

abstraction; epistemology; form; function; fundamental principles; ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905133593     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2008.3.4.325     Document Type: Article

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