Observation and Experiment in the Natural and Social Sciences

✍ Scribed by Maria Carla Galavotti

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Leaves: 368
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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