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The Impact of Technology on the Scientific Method
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The impact of technology on the scientific method was discussed in this article, where Galton as an illustrator was used as a metaphor for the impact of science on the human subject.Abstract:
(2005). The Impact of Technology on the Scientific Method. CHANCE: Vol. 18, Truth is Slower than Fiction: Francis Galton as an Illustration, pp. 4-8.read more
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John Henry, The scientific revolution and the origins of modem science , Studies in European History, Basingstoke, Macmillan, and New York, St Martin's Press, 1997, pp. x, 137, £7.99 (paperback 0-333-56047-7). - Steven Shapin, The scientific revolution , University of Chicago Press, 1996, pp. xiv, 218, illus., $19.95 (0-226-75020-5).
TL;DR: The volume is fullest for the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, where entries often have explanatory paragraphs, either qualifying the information or expounding briefly the career of the individual being cited.
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Three Bizarre Presidential-Election Scenarios: The Perils of Simplism
TL;DR: The 1968, 2000, and (future) 2024 U.S. presidential elections provide settings for deliberately provocative, offbeat scenarios that might have happened or could happen as mentioned in this paper. But, in this case, the scenario is different.
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John Henry, The scientific revolution and the origins of modem science , Studies in European History, Basingstoke, Macmillan, and New York, St Martin's Press, 1997, pp. x, 137, £7.99 (paperback 0-333-56047-7). - Steven Shapin, The scientific revolution , University of Chicago Press, 1996, pp. xiv, 218, illus., $19.95 (0-226-75020-5).
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