No Easy Answers: Science and the Pursuit of Knowledge - Couverture souple

Franklin, Allan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0822959682 ISBN 13 : 9780822959687

Editeur : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007

Synopsis

Allan Franklin offers an accurate picture of science to both a general reader and to scholars in the humanities and social sciences who may not have any background in physics. Through the examination of nontechnical case studies, he illustrates the various roles that experiment plays in science. He uses examples of unquestioned success, such as the discoveries of the electron and of three types of neutrino, as well as studies that were dead ends, wrong turns, or just plain mistakes, such as the \u201cfifth force,\u201d a proposed modification of Newton's law of gravity. Franklin argues that science is a reasonable enterprise that provides us with knowledge of the natural world based on valid experimental evidence and reasoned and critical discussion, and he makes clear that it behooves all of us to understand how it works.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Allan Franklin is professor in the Department of Physics at University of Colorado. He is the author of numerous books, including Are There Really Neutrinos? An Evidential History; Selectivity and Discord: Two Problems of Experiment; and No Easy Answers: Science and the Pursuit of Knowledge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822959682
• ISBN 13: 9780822959687
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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