Article ID: CBB270786311

The Missing Skull – Professor Lundborg and the Mismeasure of Grandma (2016)

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What is science? Or, more pertinently, what is good science? This question is central for all practitioners of science and one of the most important to convey to our students. For those of us working in interdisciplinary settings – my own department covers everything from humanities to political and natural science – the question becomes even more complicated when traditions from different disciplines collide. For me personally, whenever I think too highly of my own research and risk deviating into bad scientific practices, I think of my paternal grandmother, Elsa. Although long dead, she brings me back into the fold of good science – or so I hope – by urging me to take another turn at critically evaluating how I perform research and to keep my arrogance in check.

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Authors & Contributors
Armocida, Emanuele
Galassi, Francesco
Mazzarello, Paolo
Cusella, Maria Gabriella
Bernarduzzi, Lidia Falomo
Tafuri, Domenico
Concepts
Anatomy
Human anatomy
Medicine
Wax modeling
Medicine and art
Science and art
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Early modern
20th century
Modern
Renaissance
Places
Italy
Florence (Italy)
England
Zurich (Switzerland)
London (England)
Bologna (Italy)
Institutions
Museo della Specola, Florence
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