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Journal of Structural Chemistry

Complementarity and justification in science, or comments on some fundamental concepts and problems in the theory and methods of structure and property investigations of complex molecules and molecular systems

Лев Александрович Грибов

Published Jul 1, 1994• 0 citations
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10.1007/bf02578366

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