Introduction: the golem -- 1. Edible knowledge: the chemical transfer of memory -- 2. Two experiments that 'proved' the theory of relativity -- 3. The sun in a test tube: the story of cold fusion -- 4. The germs of dissent: Louis Pasteur and the origins
of life -- 5. A new window on the universe: the non-detection of gravitational radiation -- 6. The sex life of the whiptail lizard -- 7. Set the controls for the heart of the sun: the strange story of the missing solar neutrinos -- Conclusion: putting the golem to work.
Through a series of case studies, the authors aim to debunk the idea that science is the result of competent theorization, observation and experimentation. They argue that scientific certainty comes from interpreting ambiguous results within an order which the scientists themselves impose.
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