How Experiments End - Couverture souple

Galison, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226279154 ISBN 13 : 9780226279152

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1987

Synopsis

"Galison provides excellent histories of three experimental episodes: the measurement of the gyromagnetic ratio of the electron, the discovery of the mu meson, or muon, and the discovery of weak neutral currents. These studies of actual experiments will provide valuable material for both philosophers and historians of science and Galison's own thoughts on the nature of experiment are extremely important. . . . Galison has given both philosophers and historians much to think about. I strongly urge you to read this book."—Allan Franklin, British Journal of the Philosophy of Science

"Anyone who is seriously concerned with understanding how research is done should read this. There have been many books on one or another part of its subject matter but few giving such insights into how the research is done and how the consensus of discovery is arrived at."—Frank Close, New Scientist

"[Galison] is to be congratulated on producing a masterpiece in the field."—Michael Redhead, Synthese

"How Experiments End is a major historical work on an exciting topic."—Andy Pickering, Isis

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter Galison is Mallinckrodt Professor of the History of Science and of Physics at Harvard University. He is author of How Experiments End, published by the University of Chicago Press, and coeditor of The Disunity of Science: Contexts, Boundaries, and Power.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226279154
• ISBN 13: 9780226279152
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 337
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible