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The value of telling it like it was. The best honours project ever?

This article from Australian Journal of Chemistry uses the example of textbook treatments of the ‘Rutherford nucleus’ to illustrate the need to avoid conflating important concepts, the value in testing one’s understanding, and the importance of not ignoring seemingly inexplicable infrequent results.

Christopher Barnett, Thomas Maschmeyer, Anthony F. Masters, Alexander K. L. Yuen

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The value of telling it like it was. The best honours project ever?

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