Once can be enough : decisive experiments, no replication required / Allan Franklin, Ronald Laymon.

There has recently been considerable discussion of a "replication crisis" in some areas of science. In this book, the authors argue that replication is not a necessary criterion for the validation of a scientific experiment. Five episodes from physics and genetics are used to substantiate...

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Main Authors: Franklin, Allan, 1938- (Author), Laymon, Ronald L. (Author)
Other title:CU Boulder Author Collection.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • The Meselson-Stahl experiment : "the most beautiful experiment in biology"
  • The discovery of the positron
  • The discovery of the Omega Minus hyperon
  • Once should have been enough : Gregor Mendel, "experiments in plant hybridization"
  • Once came close to being enough : electron polarization and parity nonconservation
  • The discovery of parity nonconservation
  • The search for the magnetic monopole.