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Author - Linda Hensel - Spring 2000

Case Purpose : see case notes

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Description of Case Materials see case notes

Case Use The case can be synthesized with Giere's text near the end of the semester. The reader should be able to pick out models, predictions leading to experimentation, modification of the models, etc. The social side of science (scientific meetings, collaborative research settings, science and government interactions) is covered in depth in this text.

Reference List  See

• Rhodes, Richard. 199 . Deadly Feasts
• Information about Prions at The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) site at Autstrailian National University
• CJDBSE Creutzfeldt-Jakob DiseaseBovine Spongiform Encephalopathy press release at the British Department of Health