Mark Iverson linked to a report
http://www.rdmag.com/Materials-Fuller-physics-helps-solve-materials-mystery/?wnnvz=cIpb87iV1KLyC3Pk
about high temperature superconductors and how a theoretical assumption did
not square with experimental measurements.
Quote from the linked page: "Comparing experimental data with predictions
from exact theories and first principle calculations is one of the major
parts of any scientific method, allowing scientists to make sure they have a
full grasp of the basic principles at work and to study if there are gaps in
our understanding"
This lot realised (eventually) that experimental results trump theory - or a
least that results can suggest that there is a problem with a theory, or its
application and assumptions.
If they know how to investigate and what to do about anomalies, why doesn't
Big Nuclear Science?
Nick Palmer
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