- published: 24 Mar 2016
- views: 5938
The scientific community is a diverse network of interacting scientists. It includes many "sub-communities" working on particular scientific fields, and within particular institutions; interdisciplinary and cross-institutional activities are also significant. Objectivity is expected to be achieved by the scientific method. Peer review, through discussion and debate within journals and conferences, assists in this objectivity by maintaining the quality of research methodology and interpretation of results.
The eighteenth century had some societies made up of men who studied nature, also known as natural philosophers and natural historians, which included even amateurs. As such these societies were more like local clubs and groups with diverse interests than actual scientific communities, which usually had interests on specialized disciplines. Though there were a few older societies of men who studied nature such as the Royal Society of London, the concept of scientific communities emerged in the second half of the 19th century, not before, because it was in this century that the language of modern science emerged, the professionalization of science occurred, specialized institutions were created, and the specialization of scientific disciplines and fields occurred. For instance, the term scientist was first coined by the naturalist-theologian William Whewell in 1834 and the wider acceptance of the term along with the growth of specialized societies allowed for researchers to see themselves as a part of a wider imagined community, similar to the concept of nationhood.
The Flat Earth Revelation and the Lies of the Scientific Community (Full Documentary)
Documentary ➢ The Flat Earth Revelation & the Lies of the Scientific Community
GOD IS UNACCEPTABLE TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
Does Your School Matter?
10 Most Mysterious Places On Earth Where Scientific Community can't Explain
scientific community attack and deny dinosaur soft tissue and blood vessels findings
HBP Public Platform Release (Scientific community) V1
Strange Martian plumes confuses scientific community
Moroccan Scientific Community members
Deakin Alumni Webinar: Citizen Engagement: is the scientific community ready for it?