Brains from space: Mapping the mind in 1950s science and cinema

Science as Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 277-302

  Sconce, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

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EID: 84937283582     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505439509526430     Document Type: Article

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