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Is science becoming less disruptive over time?
Are ‘paradigm shifts’ on the wane? And what does this tell us about the way science is conducted ask ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
PARADIGM SHIFTS: (L to R) The human DNA model takes on a double helix shape, 2016; Portrait Nicolaus Copernicus Torun Town Hall, 1580, unknown artist
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One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
IN 1962 the philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn published the book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
In it he claimed that science progressed through a series of revolutions in scientific knowledge for which he coined the term “paradigm shifts.”
These paradigm shifts were radical new ideas and knowledge that subverted the previous understanding in a field of science and set it on an entirely new path.
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