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Science 16 May 2003:
Vol. 300. no. 5622, pp. 1094 - 1095
DOI: 10.1126/science.1082338
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HISTORY OF SCIENCE:
Stepping Forward Too Far?

A review by Naomi Oreskes

Prematurity in Scientific Discovery On Resistance and Neglect
Ernest B. Hook, Ed.
University of California Press, Berkeley, 2002. 398 pp. $80, £55. ISBN 0-520-23106-6.

The contributors present a range of historical examples and perspectives on Gunther Stent's concepts of premature claims and their roles as an obstacle to scientific discovery.
The author is in the Department of History, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0104, USA. E-mail: noreskes{at}ucsd.edu

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