Article ID: CBB001320432

Long-term Research: Slow Science (2013)

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Here, Nature takes a look at five of science's longest-running projects, some of which have been amassing data continuously for centuries. Some generate hundreds of papers a year; one produces a single data point per decade.

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Description Looks at five very long-running projects, some runing for centuries, in the fields of astronomy, volcanology, agriculture, psychology, and chemistry.


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Authors & Contributors
Reeves, Eileen A.
Van Helden, Albert
Giudice, Franco
Aspaas, Per Pippin
Barbieri, Cesare
Boulier, Philippe
Journals
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Acta Historica Astronomiae
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Indian Journal of History of Science
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Astronomy
Observation
Sunspots
Telescopes
Copernicanism
Fertilizers
People
Galilei, Galileo
Scheiner, Christoph
Brahe, Tycho
Clavius, Christopher
Grienberger, Christoph
Hell, Maximilian
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
16th century
19th century
20th century
21st century
Places
Italy
Rome (Italy)
Norway
United States
Naples (Italy)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture
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