Alex Roland

47 papers receiving 890 citations

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What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Stud...19922026200320141992100200300400

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Alex Roland
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  • Sociology and Political Science 290
  • Political Science and International Relations 173
  • Strategy and Management 132
  • Economics and Econometrics 113
  • History and Philosophy of Science 108
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Roland

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Australian indigenous culture and heritage in engineering project planning and the implications for engineering education
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How we won the moon
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About Alex Roland

Alex Roland is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Classics and Archeology, having authored 63 papers that have together received 1.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Space exploration and regulation (9 papers), Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (7 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (108 citations), Architecture (21 citations) and Information Systems and Management (95 citations). Alex Roland has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Walter G. Vincenti, Léo Marx, Merritt Roe Smith, Chris Hables Gray, Loyd S. Swenson, Martin van Creveld, Peter Galison, Tom D. Crouch, Gerald E. Galloway and Richard P. Hallion. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and The American Historical Review.

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