Making a machine instrumental: RCA and the wartime origins of biological electron microscopy in America, 1940

Making a machine instrumental: RCA and the wartime origins of biological electron microscopy in America, 1940–1945

Published:1996-09 Issue:3 Volume:27 Page:311-349
ISSN:0039-3681
Container-title:Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
language:en
Short-container-title:Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Author:

Rasmussen Nicolas

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Subject

History and Philosophy of Science,History

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