Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Publication Title

History and philosophy of the life sciences

Department

Department of Biological Sciences

Abstract

Through a case study of the controversies surrounding the molecular clock, this paper examines the role of visual representation in the dynamics of scientific controversies. Representations of the molecular clock themselves became objects of controversy and so were not a means for closure. Instead visual representations of the molecular clock became tools for the further articulation of an ongoing controversy.

Original Citation

Dietrich MR. Representing the object of controversy: the case of the molecular clock. Hist Philos Life Sci. 2007;29(2):161-76. PMID: 18564510.

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