In this episode of 'What's Science', Amelia discusses why scientific methods were key to forming the field of Chemistry, and science more generally, that we see today. Through thinking about their experiences with science in their undergraduate research projects, Amelia and guest Freya Anderson discuss how the scientific method came to be accepted, and some of the key scholars behind it.

Before this episode, we read these articles to prepare:

https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific-experiments/scientific-method.htm

https://explorable.com/history-of-the-scientific-method)

https://aggietranscript.ucdavis.edu/the-roots-of-chemistry-how-the-ancient-tradition-of-alchemy-influenced-modern-scientific-thought/

For more information on:

How being able to 'break the rules' can make better scientists: The Republic of Science by Michael Polanyi (1962) https://www-jstor-org.manchester.idm.oclc.org/stable/41821550 (Freya warns this article is very useful, but also is quite obviously dated and includes some problematic analogies...)

On whether we should publish when things go wrong: (https://www.openpharma.blog/blog/guest-posts/the-changing-open-research-landscape-a-publishers-perspective/)

Alchemy and the elements: The Periodic Tales by Hugh Aldersey Williams (2011)

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