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The paradoxical virtues of primacy in science
Primacy is a false virtue imposed by the structures of modern science – yet it is also necessary to right some wrongs. Continue reading
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On anticipation and the history of science
In mid-2012, shortly after physicists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe had announced the discovery of a particle that looked a lot like the Higgs boson, there was some clamour in India over news reports not paying … Continue reading
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Tagged attribution, history of science, K Ramamohan Rao, Nisar Ahmed, Satyendra Nath Bose, science communication
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Is anything meant to remain complex?
The first answer is “No”. I mean, whatever you’re writing about, the onus is on the writer to break his subject down to its simplest components, and then put them back together in front of the reader’s eyes. If the … Continue reading
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