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.
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Dietrich, Michael, "Representing the object of controversy: The case of the molecular clock" (2007). Dartmouth Scholarship. 18.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/18