Once can be enough : decisive experiments, no replication required

Once can be enough : decisive experiments, no replication required / Allan Franklin, Ronald Laymon.

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...

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Main Authors: Franklin, Allan, 1938- (Author), Laymon, Ronald L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2021]
Subjects:
Science > Experiments > History.
Replication (Experimental design)
Science > Experiments
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Meselson-Stahl Experiment: "The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology"
  • The Discovery of the Positron
  • The Discovery of the Omega Minus Hyperon
  • Once Should Have Been Enough: Gregor Mendel, "Experiments in Plant Hybridization"
  • Once Came Close To Being Enough: Electron Polarization and Parity Nonconservation
  • The Discovery of Parity Nonconservation
  • The Search for the Magnetic Monopole
  • Conclusion.

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