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Looking into the past history of science will undoubtedly help us steer the course for the future. But to be true to ourselves, and most importantly, true to the History of Science, we need to have the fortitude to separate facts from fiction, and fiction from myths.

It is perhaps part of human nature, to have heroes, idols, and beliefs that appear to be larger than life and which have little or no resemblance to reality or to historic facts. We stick by our heroes, idols, and myths, and put them high on a grand pedestal of history, as they appear to represent the best of all of us. We are shattered when we are faced with the brute reality that many of our heroes and idols were no different, at best, than any of us, and, at worst, were far below. The History of Mankind and Civilization is saturated with such examples from ancient to modern times. The current History of Science as it is taught and presented, on the other hand, does not come, even close, to providing us with the same level of scrutiny and abundance of such critical examples --in fact, it is almost completely silent on critical views. Why does this silence exist? It is as if a historian of science would be crucified if he or she were to "dig" into historic facts which could lead to a different, uncomplimentary portrayal of a famous scientist. It is as if the greater the fame, the greater the protection from historic scrutiny towards such a scientist is. And this apparent protectionism from legitimate historic scrutiny is bothersome if the History of Science is to become at parity with the study of the General History of Mankind. It is imperative that the search for the Historic Truth be made the core of all research and studies of the History of Science, if this branch of learning is to be credible, respectable, and independent.

This climate in which the History of Science has not gained its proper independent status within the realm of academic studies is troublesome. The History of Science needs to be elevated as a stand alone discipline and not merely as an auxiliary or extension to Science disciplines. Its methods and standards on historic scrutiny should be on parity with the ones employed by the general historians studying mankind. Only then, through unbiased historical filters, can Sciences be set free from biased representations of its members. Our Historic Scrutinies section will attempt to do just that, although we recognize the tremendous opposition with which we may be faced.


 

 

 

 

 

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