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Once Can Be Enough: Decisive Experiments, No Replication Required

Once Can Be Enough: Decisive Experiments, No Replication Required

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GeneticsHistory & Philosophy of SciencePhysics

ISBN10: 3030625648
ISBN13: 9783030625641
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Nov 24 2020
Pages: 181
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

There has recently been considerable discussion of a replication crisis in some areas of science. In this book, the authors argue that replication is not a necessary criterion for the validation of a scientific experiment. Five episodes from physics and genetics are used to substantiate this thesis: the Meselson-Stahl experiment on DNA replication, the discoveries of the positron and the omega minus hyperon, Mendel's plant experiments, and the discovery of parity nonconservation. Two cases in which once wasn't enough are also discussed, the nondiscovery of parity nonconservation and the search for magnetic monopoles. Reasons why once wasn't enough are also discussed.

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