Did science journalists find QCs anomalous? Did they report the crisis period as it happened or as an isolated incident? Whether they did or did not will be indicative of Kuhn’s influence on science journalism as well as a reflection of The Structure’s influence on the scientific community.
Dan Shechtman’s discovery of quasi-crystals, henceforth abbreviated as QCs, in 1982 was a landmark achievement that invoked a paradigm-shift in the field of physical chemistry. However, at the time, the discovery faced stiff resistance from the broader scientific community and an eminent chemist of the time. Such things made
nationality
Just saw this news-tweet by the Hindustan Times: Indian scientist discovers giant super-massive black holes http://t.co/s3Qm4OoF #ht — Hindustan Times (@htTweets) October 9, 2012 Clicking on the link and opening the news-report, I see that it was a team of scientists led by one of Indian-origin who made
