What Makes a Good Experiment?: Reasons and Roles in Science

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Price
$63.25
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
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Pages
384
Dimensions
6.2 X 9.2 X 1.3 inches | 1.6 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780822944416

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About the Author
Allan Franklin is professor of physics at the University of Colorado. He has twice been chair of the Forum on the History of Physics of the American Physical Society and has served two terms on the executive council of the Philosophy of Science Association. In 2016, Franklin received the Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics from the American Physical Society. He is the author of eleven books, including, most recently, Shifting Standards: Experiments in Particle Physics in the Twentieth Century.
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A very useful sourcebook of classic experiments, giving enough detail to show what is going on in each of them but discussing enough separate experiments that one can see a variety of experimental virtures. Responsible and well-informed.-- "Metascience"
Well suited for historians and philosophers of science with a strong background in particle physics. The endnotes and references are ample for further study.-- "Choice"
Allan Franklin's analysis of various relevant experiments raises important philosophical issues and also provides insightful ideas that one can develop further. His books have proven an invaluable source for the purposes of philosophical and historical analysis of experimentation, and What Makes a Good Experiment? is no exception.-- "Slobodan Perovic, University of Belgrade"
This book is obviously relevant for any philosopher of science working in the epistemology of experiment, but I would also recommend it to anyone who needs their view of experiments as testers of theory updated with a more nuanced and variegated picture.-- "Philosophy of Science"
The philosophy of experiment is an understudied but essential area of research. By further elucidating the different roles experiments can play in science, Franklin's newest book makes a significant contribution to this literature. . . . Franklin's book incorporates an impressive assortment of important and interesting experiments that will be of interest to physicists and advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars in the history and philosophy of science.-- "Physics in Perspective"