information technology is the twist in the Möbius strip

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An example of metaphor used in writing about science:

"Information technology constitutes the twist in the Möbius strip that takes us from arguments internal to a field (how is the past conceptualised in the case of a historical science like geology) to its exterior (how is information about the past stored)."

Geoffrey C. Bowker

Bowker, G. C. (2005). Memory Practices in the Sciences. The MIT Press.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.