Closed Circles or Open Networks?: Communicating at a Distance during the Scientific Revolution

@article{Lux1998ClosedCO,
  title={Closed Circles or Open Networks?: Communicating at a Distance during the Scientific Revolution},
  author={David S. Lux and Harold John. Cook},
  journal={History of Science},
  year={1998},
  volume={36},
  pages={179 - 211}
}
L'A. analyse les travaux et le sens des eventuels liens des echanges internationaux de l'information scientifique a la fin du XVII e siecle 
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