Using interviews to write the history of science

The Historiography of Contemporary Science and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 51-70

  De Chadarevian, Soraya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85076169968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203726914-9     Document Type: Chapter

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