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2455 Galileo and Copernican Theory. This paper discusses how Galileo made an important contribution to the Copernican theory. His profound contribution and decisive arguments to those who legitimately sought to discredit the Ptolemaic theory. 5 pgs. 9 f/c. 3b.
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1874 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. This paper explores the life of Eugene Shoemaker and his discovery of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. 3 pgs. 7 f/c. 6b.
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2250 Priests in the Temple: Pasteur and Scientist in the Laboratory. In B. Latour's "Give Me a Laboratory and I Will Raise the World" and G. Geison's The Private Science of Louis Pasteur readers are given a glimpse into the laboratory practices of one of the icons of modern biological science. The two works share a vision of laboratory practice as central to the scientific method, and moreover consider that the popular distinction between "inside" (the laboratory) and outside (the socio-political world) is both arbitrary and inaccurate. However, as this paper will argue, the two works differ radically when it comes to perspective. Geison's book is iconoclastic in that it interrogates the mythmaking process that he perceives as integral to Pasteur's laboratory work. Latour's chapter, on the other hand, may be seen as iconic for its militant defense of Pasteur's personality and practice as models of laboratory science to be adhered to in the present day. 5 pgs. 12 f/c. 2b.
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2350 Information Theory. This paper examines the mathematical theory of signal transmission that research scientist Claude Shannon developed in the late 1940's. 4.5 pgs. 0 f/c. 1b.
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2730 The World in Numbers: Pythagorean Interpretations of the Meaning of Number. 4 pgs. 5 f/c. 1b.
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2731 A Longing for Place: The History of Navigation. This paper examines the history of navigation. 3.5 pgs. 4 f/c. 3b.
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2828 Zeno's Arguments Against Motion. 8 pgs. 4 f/c. 3b.
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