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Science between myth and history : the quest for common ground and its importance for scientific practice / José G. Perillán ; with a foreword by Trevor Pinch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perillan, Jose G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Historiography.
- Science.
- Science--History.
- Communication in science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (366 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Science Between Myth and History: The Quest for Common Ground and Its Importance for Scientific Practice
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction-Reconstructing Scientific Pasts: Tensions and Explorations
- 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: Origins of a Narrative Category
- 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-HistoricalFilters
- Lederman's Historiographic Interlude
- Myth-History as Chimeric Narrative Category
- Myth-Historical Time
- Myth-Historical Facts: Fungible Fact Hierarchies
- Myth-Historical Imaginaries: Truths Greater than Truth Itself
- Myth-Historical Filters and Erasers
- Conclusion
- 2: Myth-Historical Quantum Erasure: The Case of the Missing Pilot Wave
- 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
- 3: Myth-Historical CRISPR Edits: Modifying Futures by Controlling Pasts
- 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
- 4: Echoes of Gravitational Waves: Making Heroes and Anti-heroes
- 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: A Front in the "War on Science"
- 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-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
- Notes
- Introduction: Reconstructing Scientific Pasts
- Chapter 1: Myth-Historical Tensions
- Chapter 2: Myth-Historical Quantum Erasure.
- Chapter 3: Myth-Historical CRISPR Edits
- Chapter 4: Echoes of Gravitational Waves
- Chapter 5: Demarcating Seismic Uncertainties
- Conclusion: Beyond the Wars on Science
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-189739-6
- 0-19-263415-1
- OCLC:
- 1255234929
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