The Power of Numerical Discrimination

The work

AuthorsW. Stanley Jevons
Typearticle
Year1871
Citekeyjevons1871power

Where it appeared

Published inNature
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume3
Issue67
Pages281--282

Identifiers

DOI10.1038/003281a0

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@article{jevons1871power,
  title        = {The Power of Numerical Discrimination},
  author       = {W. Stanley Jevons},
  year         = {1871},
  journal      = {Nature},
  volume       = {3},
  number       = {67},
  pages        = {281--282},
  publisher    = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  doi          = {10.1038/003281a0},
}

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