Craft and StructureVery hardTwo views on a scientist's priority
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The discovery belongs to Voss, whose paper of March 1888 describes the effect fully; Halden's paper appeared in June.
Text 2
Halden's paper appeared in June, but the journal's records show it was submitted in January, two months before Voss's, and held back by a slow referee. Priority of publication is not priority of discovery.
How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1's claim?
- A. By arguing that the dates of publication mislead, since Halden's paper was written and submitted before Voss's.Correct
- B. By agreeing that Voss made the discovery.
- C. By denying that Voss published a paper in March.
- D. By claiming that neither scientist made the discovery.
Answer: A. By arguing that the dates of publication mislead, since Halden's paper was written and submitted before Voss's.
Submitted in January, published in June.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that Voss made the discovery.
- Text 2 favours Halden.
- C. By denying that Voss published a paper in March.
- Text 2 accepts the March paper.
- D. By claiming that neither scientist made the discovery.
- No such claim.
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