ID - 131862858 TI - Once Can Be Enough : Decisive Experiments, No Replication Required AU - Franklin, Allan AU - Laymon, Ronald PY - 2021 SN - 9783030625658 9783030625665 9783030625672 9783030625641 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy of science KW - Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) KW - Experimental nuclear and elementary particle physics KW - Nuclear physics KW - Genetics KW - wetenschapsgeschiedenis KW - genetica KW - wetenschapsfilosofie KW - atoomfysica UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131862858 AB - 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 this thesis: the Meselson-Stahl experiment on DNA replication, the discoveries of the positron and the omega minus hyperon, Mendel's plant experiments, and the discovery of parity nonconservation. Two cases in which once wasn't enough are also discussed, the nondiscovery of parity nonconservation and the search for magnetic monopoles. Reasons why once wasn't enough are also discussed. ER -