Some methodological and historical considerations in low temperature physics: The case of superconductivity 1911-57

Annals of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 135-149

  Gavroglu, Kostas ^a   Goudaroulis, Yorgos ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 84934996731     PISSN: 00033790     EISSN: 1464505X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00033798400200451     Document Type: Article

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