Tag: journal
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The far-side of scientific funding: why you should publish your rejected grant application
When the astronomer Tycho Brahe gifted his book Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica (1598) to the Republic of Venice, he strongly hoped that it would move the city to write out a decree supporting his travels for astronomical observations. Tycho had left his motherland Denmark after the new ruler Christian IV withdrew his patronage of the research…
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Bringing discussion back to science
Opportunities for debating failure have gradually been removed from the academic literature. The Journal of Trial and Error (JOTE) envisions to become a platform where scientific failure can be openly discussed. Not only will it publish articles on research containing methodological and/or conceptual errors, JOTE will also invite subject specialists and scholars of science to…
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The Forgotten Nooks and Crannies of Scholarship
There is no such thing as the typical scientific journal: some are highly specialized, while others focus on a very narrow field of knowledge; some target a small audience of highly-specialized peers, while others aim to serve a wider audience; some are product of one individual’s committed efforts, others are, in a way, the club…
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The Manifesto for Trial and Error in Science
It is now more than a year ago that we, master students at the Descartes Center for History and Philosophy of Science and the Humanities at Utrecht University, started the Journal of Trial and Error: a platform that encourages researchers to publish and discuss failure. In other words, we facilitate scientists to publish results that…