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Representing scale: What should be special about the heritage of mass science? (2016)

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Volume: 55
Pages: 117-119

URI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369848615001168

DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.08.008

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Historical method Historiography Controversies and disputes History of science, as a discipline Big science 21st century 20th century, late History of Science Society

This symposium marks the achievement of a transformation in the history of science. Whereas in the 1960s, the study of modern developments was marginal to the field, it has now become a key part of the discipline's central concerns. The contrast between this conference and a 1960 symposium is illuminating. The paper reflects on the tensions over the future direction of the discipline expressed at the 1974 semi-centenary conference of the History of Science Society. Today, genomics with its vast demand for resources and its challenges to traditional boundaries is not untypical of a wide range of scientific activities. Its study can serve as a pioneering case study interesting for itself and important for a wider understanding of science. Papers at this meeting show the implications for the understanding of methods, appropriate targets of study, the interpretation of images and the preservation of archives.

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