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A brief presentation is given on the establishment and history of the Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS), along with the scope of its activities and accomplishments. In line with the Center's prime involvement, special emphasis is given to the existence of discord in numerical data in the literature, and the role of critical data analysis and synthesis is provided through illustrations. Statistical data are presented showing the growth of the literature on thermophysical properties between 1780 and 1980.
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Touloukian, Y.S. Twenty-five years of pioneering accomplishments by CINDAS—A retrospective review. Int J Thermophys 2, 205–222 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00504185
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00504185