Who is a theorist?
This article carefully analyzes a recent paper by Weisberg in which it is claimed that when Mendeleev discovered the periodic table he was not working as a modeler but instead as a theorist. I argue that Weisberg is mistaken in several respects and that the periodic table should be regarded as a cla...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Cádiz
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Revista Eureka sobre Enseñanza y Divulgación de las Ciencias |
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| Online Access: | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=92019747001 |