Project Gutenberg 2007-11-10 Public domain in the USA. 158 Mayfield, M. I. Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly On Handling the Data Produced from Astounding Science Fiction, September, 1959. Reading ease score: 54.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, L. N. Yaddanapudi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "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.) en Science fiction Short stories Epistolary fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 46977 46692 2025-02-10T03:37:18.615382 2023-09-10T10:54:05.200267 text/html text/html 44995 2007-11-10T14:58:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 87939 2021-01-03T03:56:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 155044 2025-02-10T03:37:22.875462 application/epub+zip 153719 2025-02-10T03:37:20.497376 application/epub+zip 82943 2025-02-10T03:37:19.301402 application/epub+zip 221364 2025-02-10T03:37:24.574336 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213061 2025-02-10T03:37:22.144337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144546 2022-09-11T05:28:32.417235 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 39077 38966 2025-02-10T03:37:18.295397 2023-09-10T10:54:04.970283 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 38795 2021-01-03T03:56:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14865 2021-01-03T03:56:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20674 2025-02-10T03:37:24.704340 application/rdf+xml 13364 2025-02-10T03:37:19.841351 image/jpeg 3477 2025-02-10T03:37:19.569380 image/jpeg 152742 2025-02-10T03:37:18.623377 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia