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The Practice of Science

On science as it is lived: its culture, its characters, their follies and dreams

Read the Editors’ Introduction
Lives of Scientists •
Scientific Integrity •
History of Science •
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Essay | Spring/Summer 2016

Spring/Summer 2016

  • Ivan Oransky
  • Adam Marcus

Two Cheers for the Retraction Boom

From: The Integrity of Science

Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus

Essay | Spring/Summer 2016

Spring/Summer 2016

  • Daniel Sarewitz

Saving Science

Science isn’t self-correcting, it’s self-destructing. To save the enterprise, scientists must come out of the lab and into the real world.

From: The Integrity of Science

Daniel Sarewitz

Essay | Fall 2015

Fall 2015

  • Chase W. Nelson

The Humble Scientist

Chase W. Nelson

Review | Fall 2015

Fall 2015

  • Michael W. Begun

Einstein’s Masterpiece

Retracing the path to general relativity

Michael W. Begun

Review | Spring 2015

Spring 2015

  • Brendan Foht

Socially Just Science

Brendan Foht

Essay | Spring 2015

Spring 2015

  • Algis Valiunas

The Man Who Thought of Everything

The grand scientific vision and the moral myopia of Linus Pauling

Algis Valiunas

Essay | Winter 2015

Winter 2015

  • Sarah Dry

The Strange Tale of Newton’s Papers

The unpublished manuscripts and their author's changing image

From: The Unknown Newton

Sarah Dry

Essay | Winter 2015

Winter 2015

  • Andrew Janiak

The Book of Nature, the Book of Scripture

Reconciling natural philosophy with biblical literalism

From: The Unknown Newton

Andrew Janiak

Essay | Winter 2015

Winter 2015

  • Stephen D. Snobelen

Cosmos and Apocalypse

Physics, prophecy, and the myth of Newton's clockwork universe

From: The Unknown Newton

Stephen D. Snobelen

Essay | Winter 2015

Winter 2015

  • William R. Newman

The Problem of Alchemy

Was Newton really “the last of the magicians”?

From: The Unknown Newton

William R. Newman

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