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Settled Science?
November 14, 2011
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 89, Issue 46
Science reported in two recent news stories in C&EN could change some basic scientific beliefs. Awarding the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals required fundamental revision of the time-honored definition of crystallinity (C&EN, Oct. 10, page 7). And the news from CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) of neutrinos reportedly traveling faster than light, if true, will cause a major upheaval in physics (C&EN, Aug. 29, page 33).
Now, could someone kindly explain to me—slowly—exactly what is meant by “settled science” (a phrase one often sees these days in the pages of C&EN)?
By Russell N. Grimes
Charlottesville, Va
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