A New Approach to Experimental History of Science

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A New Approach to Experimental History of Science

2013 April 08 - May 27

2013 Apr 08: Part 1: Prelude
Experimental archæologists know how to knap flint. What if they become better at it than the ancients were?
2013 Apr 15: Part 2: EHS
Experimental History of Science, in its conventional form, recreates historic experiments. Why?
2013 Apr 22: Part 3: Cenochronic
To avoid the limitations of anachronic and diachronic history, treat the past as literally the present.
2013 Apr 29: Part 4: An Example
The history of the equivalence principle as a series of cenochronic historical researches.
2013 May 06: Part 5: An Example, continued
Contemporary cenochronic work on the equivalence principle.
2013 May 13: Part 6: Forking Paths
Cenochronic history as alternate history.
2013 May 20: Part 7: Conclusion
Cenochronic EHS.
2013 May 27: Epilogue: Through the Then-Unpaved Stars, the Turnpike Road
The steampunk movement as an example of cenochronic history in action.