In Experiment, Right or Wrong, Allan Franklin continues his investigation of the history and philosophy of experiment presented in his previous book, The Neglect of Experiment. In this new study, Franklin considers the fallibility and corrigibility of experimental results and presents detailed histories of two such episodes: 1) the experiment and the development of the theory of weak interactions from Fermi's theory in 1934 to the V-A theory of 1957 and 2) atomic parity violation experiments and the Weinberg-Salam unified theory of electroweak interactions of the 1970s and 1980s. In these episodes Franklin demonstrates not only that experimental results can be wrong, but also that theoretical calculations and the comparison between experiment and theory can also be incorrect. In the second episode, Franklin contrasts his view of an "evidence model" of science in which questions of theory choice, confirmation, and refutation are decided on the basis of reliable experimental evidence, with that proposed by the social constructivists.
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"For accounts of how experiments in modern physics are actually conducted and validated, Franklin's books rank with Peter Galison's 'How Experiments End' as the best we have." John Earman, Foundations of Physics
"Allan Franklin is among those who believe that 'experiment has a life of its own. He has been extensively studying scientific experiments, and his new book presents some of his findings...It provides an excellent example of today's scholarship in the history of modern science." Yuelin Zhu, ISIS
"Allan Franklin is among those who believe that 'experiment has a life of its own. He has been extensively studying scientific experiments, and his new book presents some of his findings...It provides an excellent example of today's scholarship in the history of modern science." Yuelin Zhu, ISIS
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In Experiment, Right or Wrong, Allan Franklin continues his investigation of the history and philosophy of experiment presented in his previous book, The Neglect of Experiment.
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The fallibility and corrigibility of experimental results, of theoretical calculation, and of the comparison between experiment and theory will be amply illustrated in the episode to be discussed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
atomic bismuth, forbidden spectra, atomic physics results, angular correlation experiments, bismuth vapor, parity nonconservation, evidence entailed, pseudoscalar interaction, positron spectrum, atomic physics experiments, negative mesons, recoil nucleus, maximum electron energy, muon decay, decay interaction, recoil ions, tensor interaction, stopping region, electron decay, oriented nuclei, range chamber, parity conservation, experimental anomalies, decay spectrum, parity violation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The fallibility and corrigibility of experimental results, of theoretical calculation, and of the comparison between experiment and theory will be amply illustrated in the episode to be discussed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
atomic bismuth, forbidden spectra, atomic physics results, angular correlation experiments, bismuth vapor, parity nonconservation, evidence entailed, pseudoscalar interaction, positron spectrum, atomic physics experiments, negative mesons, recoil nucleus, maximum electron energy, muon decay, decay interaction, recoil ions, tensor interaction, stopping region, electron decay, oriented nuclei, range chamber, parity conservation, experimental anomalies, decay spectrum, parity violation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, American Physical Society, Particle Data Group, Trevor Pinch New!
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- Nuclear and Particle Physics by Frauenfelder in Back Matter
- Confronting Nature: The Sociology of Solar-Neutrino Detection (Sociology of the Sciences - Monographs) by T. Pinch in Back Matter
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- Biology and Epistemology (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Richard Creath on page 241
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Vol. 3: Descartes - Gender and Science by Edward Craig on page 517
- Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science by Alan Sokal in Back Matter
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