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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Scientific controversy"”.
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Scientific controversy and the new astronomy: the intellectual and social contexts of the Hevelius-Hooke dispute
… were further encouraged by the formation of scientific societies, such as the Royal Society in London and the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, where members worked together as a collective to validate knowledge. Because members could freely dissent within the community, a prescribed …
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Toward a Democratic Science? Environmental Justice Activists, Multiple Epidemiologies, and Toxic Waste Controversies
… inserted their position into an ongoing scientific controversy where multiple epidemiologies existed--environmental, dumpsite, and popular--reflecting various understandings and interests of federal and academic epidemiologists, state public health officials, and anti-toxics activists. A …
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Was the Tooth Fairy breast fed? The politics of infant tooth decay
… reinforcement was gained, and scrutinises the scientific controversy as publicly fought in professional journals and other outlets. The thesis also examines the growing status of the dental profession, especially in connection with its claim to specialised scientific and medical knowledge in …
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Natural and engineered surfaces for enhanced phase change heat transfer
… coatings. Furthermore, we answer a key scientific controversy regarding the wettability of rare earth oxides by conclusively showing that hydrophobicity is driven by hydrocarbon adsorption. The findings were leveraged to design, develop, and demonstrate a novel concepts of condensation …
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A Thesis, Allegedly
… alter how evidence is taken up in discussions of scientific controversy. We present the hearsay effect, a numerical measure mapping the entextualization of data as hearsay to its engagement and circulation on social media, to characterize how subtle inflections in epistemic modulation shape the …
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Social and scientific issues in the acceptibility of radiation risks
… widely accepted, is that its recommendations are scientifically determined. The second view, is that its recommendations are politically or socially determined. Neither of these analyses adequately accounts for the complex process in which protection recommendations are formulated. A third view, …
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Radioactive Resurgence? Understanding Nuclear Natures in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
… ecological identity. Second, I examine the scientific field of “radioecology” to elucidate how Chornobyl’s nuclear natures are configured multiply, and how the impacts of radiation on ecology are contested. I unpack the scientific controversy that exists among radioecologists at Chornobyl, …
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Hermann von Helmholtz, Ewald Hering y la visión del color : ¿Una controversia sobre estilos de razonamiento?
En la segunda mitad del siglo XIX se desarrolló una fuerte controversia entre Hermann von Helmholtz y Ewald Hering. Dentro de la fisiología de la percepción visual, varios temas exigían atención, entre ellos, la percepción del color. Tanto Helmholtz como Hering propusieron distintas teorías sobre …