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Philosophy of science / Open University ; BBC TV ; producer, Peter Walton.

Contributor(s): Open University | British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service | University MediaMaterial type: FilmFilmPublisher: San Diego, CA : University Media, 1981Description: 2 videocassettes (52 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 inRecord Searches:
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Content type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videocassetteSubject(s): Science -- Philosophy | Puerperal septicemia | Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation | Science -- Philosophy | Science | Puerperal septicemia | Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation | DiseasesOnline resources: Download Janet Richards.Summary: Discusses how scientists try to establish a theory, what happens when a theory is established, how "normal science" takes an existing theory as truth and tries to prove it, and how research must often be conducted without a guiding theory. Illustrates this by the work of Dr. Semmelweis on puerperal fever and Dr. Koch on anthrax and how the connection between microorganisms and disease was explained.
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Dramatic extracts from Microbes & men, produced by Peter Goodchild.

Janet Richards.

Discusses how scientists try to establish a theory, what happens when a theory is established, how "normal science" takes an existing theory as truth and tries to prove it, and how research must often be conducted without a guiding theory. Illustrates this by the work of Dr. Semmelweis on puerperal fever and Dr. Koch on anthrax and how the connection between microorganisms and disease was explained.

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