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Error as Historiographical Challenge: The Infamous Globule Hypothesis

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Going Amiss In Experimental Research

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  1. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA

    Jutta Schickore

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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Haifa, 31905 Haifa, Israel

    Giora Hon

  2. Department of History and Philosophy of Science Bloomington, Indiana University, IN 47405, USA

    Jutta Schickore

  3. Fachbereich A, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte, University of Wuppertal, Gaussstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany

    Friedrich Steinle

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Schickore, J. (2009). Error as Historiographical Challenge: The Infamous Globule Hypothesis. In: Hon, G., Schickore, J., Steinle, F. (eds) Going Amiss In Experimental Research. Boston Studies In The Philosophy Of Science, vol 267. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8893-3_3

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