Word: phlogiston
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pamphlet gives sample examination questions used in the course, and an example of the case material used in discussing the overthrow of the phlogiston theory. Its title is the same as the title of his course...
This is where case histories come in, and where the book takes off into new realms. President Conant proposes to take certain cases, such as Robert Boyle's experiments with the air pump or the completely fallacious and stubbornly maintained theory of phlogiston, and illustrate through them the principles of the tactics and strategy of science. As opposed to a broad historical survey, this method offers the advantages of simplicity and totality to the student, and that of greater selectivity to the instructor. The main part of the book consists of illustrations of case histories and the method of drawing...