02595cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000200011324500250013326400510015830000470020933600260025633700260028233800360030849000630034450000310040750801330043852014040057153400450197565300200202065300180204065300230205870000290208183000630211085600430217399900170221623429UtSlPG20260610133534.0mcr n260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMayfield, M. I.10aOn Handling the Data 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2007  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Astounding Science Fiction, September, 1959.  aRelease date is 2007-11-10  aE-text prepared by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, L. N. Yaddanapudi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team  a"On Handling the Data" by M. I. Mayfield is a science fiction story written in the late 1950s. The book takes the form of a series of letters, focusing on the complexities and confusions faced by a graduate student—Jonathan Wells—pursuing research in cellular physiology. The narrative delves into themes of scientific inquiry, the nature of knowledge, and the unexpected results that often occur in scientific experiments, hinting at the deeper philosophical implications of data handling in scientific research.  The storyline follows Jonathan as he communicates with Dr. Robert Von Engen, an editor and respected figure in the field of science. Through his letters, Jonathan describes his experiences in the laboratory, where he grapples with contradictory experimental results that defy expected outcomes. His burgeoning realization suggests that these inconsistencies may reveal more than mere errors; they challenge the established scientific narratives and question the very nature of reality that science attempts to study. As he gathers conflicting data about nucleic acid synthesis in frog liver cells, Jonathan's journey reflects the broader struggle between empirical science and the philosophical questions it raises, culminating in his evolving understanding of what it means to conduct research in a complex and often uncertain field. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aEpistolary fiction1 aFreas, Kelly,d1922-2005 0aProduced from Astounding Science Fiction, September, 1959.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23429  c64481d64481