CHAPTER 3 Measure the Right Thing. What Is the Best Probe of the Structure of Matter?What Is the True Value? Precision and Accuracy
There are various practical details impinging on the ideal of scientific truth. These are treated in the numerical sense in the field of probability and statistics. But we should also consider layers of truth and being forced into measuring far from the ideal due to the need for pragmatism. This topic is at the interface of philosophers of science descriptions and scientists’ efforts in the laboratory. As one example of this approach, in structural biology, integrative techniques are used to span all the relevant length scales of living systems, from atoms to molecules, from cells ...
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