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1) "Strong Inference"
Certain systematic methods of scientific thinking may produce much more rapid progress than others.
John R. Platt | Science, Volume 146, Number 3642, 16 Oct 1964 |   Pg 347-352 |   Download PDF

 

2) "Theories as Structures: 2. Kuhn's Paradigms"
Chalmers, A.F., What is this thing called Science |  University of Queensland Press: New York 1982 |  Pg 89-100 |  Download PDF

 

3) "Geometric and Topological Thinking in Organic Chemistry"
Angewandte Chemie, Volume25, Number 10, Oct 1988 |  Nicholas J. Turro |  Pg 882-901 |  Download PDF

 

4) "Paradigms Lost and Paradigms Found: Examples of Science Extraordinaryand Science Pathological - And How To Tell the Difference"
Scientific Knowledge: Paradigms and Pathologies
Nicholas J. Turro |  Pg 2255-2259 |  Download PDF

 

5) "Closure"
Nicholas J. Turro | Pg 349-357 | Download PDF

 

 

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