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Auteur(s) : Perillan, Jose G.
Titre(s) : Science between myth and history [Texte imprimé] : the quest for common ground and its importance for scientific practice / Jose G. Perillan,... ; with a foreword by Trevor Pinch
Publication : Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford university press, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXIII-341 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [305]-330. Index
Science Between Myth and History explores scientific storytelling and its implications
on the teaching, practice, and public perception of science. In communicating their
science, scientists tend to use historical narratives for important rhetorical purposes.
This text explores the implications of doing this
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Pinch, Trevor (1952-2021). Préfacier
Sujet(s) : Sciences -- Historiographie
Sciences -- Histoire
Information scientifique
Indice(s) Dewey :
509 (23e éd.) = Sciences naturelles et mathématiques - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198864967. - ISBN 0198864965 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47131371t
Notice n° :
FRBNF47131371
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Table des matières : Friendly Banter -- ; Establishing Common Ground -- ; Unpacking Einstein's Black Box
-- ; Myth-History -- ; Roadmap of Case Studies -- ; Emergent Themes from Myth-Historical
Case Studies -- ; 1.. Myth-Historical Tensions -- ; The Flying Ashtray Argument --
; Unpacking Historical Tensions: Who Owns Our Scientific Past? -- ; Finding Interdisciplinary
Common Ground -- ; Shifting Historiographic Landscapes -- ; Myth-History: Origins
of an Interdisciplinary Framework -- ; Leon Lederman's Myth-Historical Filters --
; Lederman's Historiographic Interlude -- ; Myth-History as Chimeric Narrative Category
-- ; Conclusion -- ; 2.. Myth-Historical Quantum Erasure -- ; Quantum Omissions --
; The Quantum (Mis)education of John S. Bell -- ; Quantum Myth-Histories -- ; Emergence
of de Broglie's Pilot Wave Interpretation -- ; Fifth Solvay Council -- Converging
Lens -- ; Forcing Closure of Interpretation Debates -- ; A Rising Pragmatism, Consensus,
and Interpretational Lull -- ; Canonizing Quantum Orthodoxy -- ; De Broglie's Abandonment
of Pilot Wave Theory -- ; The Rhetorical Rise of Impossibility -- ; David Bohm Climbs
Mt. Impossible -- ; The Rhetoric of Myth-Historical Responses -- ; Conclusion -- ;
3.. Myth-Historical CRISPR Edits -- ; Heroes and Villains of CRISPR? -- ; CRISPR Basics
-- ; Projecting a Miraculous Scientific Ecosystem -- ; An Image May Be Worth Billions
-- ; Contested Patent Context -- ; Patent Interference -- ; Complex Patent Landscape
-- ; Diluting Doudna and Charpentier -- ; CRISPR Priority Disputes -- Messy and Uneven
Publishing Landscapes -- ; Lander's Lessons Learned -- ; Doudna Responds -- ; The
Case of Rosalind Franklin -- ; Doudna's Corrective Myth-History -- ; Exploring the
Power and Impacts of CRISPR-Cas9 -- ; Conclusion -- ; 4.. Echoes of Gravitational
Waves -- ; On the Shoulders of Giants -- ; LIGO Presser -- ; Myth-Historical Interventions
-- ; Will the Real Einstein Please Stand Up? -- ; The Cost of Casting Einstein as
a Solitary Genius -- ; Einstein's Unshakable Ambivalence -- ; Early Explorations into
Gravitational Wave Detection -- ; Joseph Weber: Potential Star of Gravitational Wave
Theory -- ; Becoming a Gravitational Wave Pariah -- ; Phoenix Rising: Rehabilitated
Scientific Hero -- ; 5.. Demarcating Seismic Uncertainties -- ; Grappling with Uncertainty
-- ; War on Science -- ; Uncertain Shockwaves -- ; Uncertain Knowledge(s) -- ; A Telling
History of Seismic Prediction -- ; Boundary Work: Stigmatized Prediction versus Legitimate
Forecasting -- ; Media Operations: Local Declarations and Distortions -- ; Accused
Pseudoscientist Giampaolo Giuliani -- Predicting Earthquakes -- ; Performing Certainty:
Discrediting an "Imbecile" and Anesthetizing the Aquilani -- ; Boundary Work within
the L'Aquila Seven -- Refracting Uncertainty -- ; Beyond Scientific Consensus -- Anesthetizing
Misinformation -- ; Fallout -- ; Conclusion -- ; Conclusion-Beyond the Wars on Science
-- ; The Flying Ashtray Revisited -- ; Reflective Discourse -- ; Transformative Interrogation
in Action -- ; Full Disclosure and Transparency Extends to the Past -- ; Final Reflections
on the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.