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.
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Peter Galison is Mallinckrodt Professor of History of Science and of Physics at Harvard University.
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Sometime before 4 A.M. on 9 November 1974 a night shift at the two-mile-long Stanford Linear Accelerator prepared to begin a crucial experimental run. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
birth cry theory, punchthrough probability, muonless events, gyromagnetic experiments, neutron cascades, hadronic neutral currents, muon problem, experimental autonomy, gyromagnetic effect, search for neutral currents, slow muons, antineutrino beam, cosmic ray work, hadron energy, penetrating particles, golden event, hydrogen chamber, shower particles, neutron background, muon spectrometer, visible volume, neutrino events, neutrino interactions, spark chambers, cascade calculations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Monte Carlo, United States, Physical Review Letters, Scientific Policy Committee, Nuclear Physics, Finance Committee, World War, Bonn Conference, Carl Anderson, Without Muon, Bruno Rossi, California Institute of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique, Experimenteller Nachweis, Further Observation, Nature of Particles, New York, Robert Oppenheimer, Against Phenomena, American Institute of Physics, Carlo Rubbia, Enrico Fermi, Experimental Proof, Gerald Holton, Gerald Myatt New!
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Sometime before 4 A.M. on 9 November 1974 a night shift at the two-mile-long Stanford Linear Accelerator prepared to begin a crucial experimental run. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
birth cry theory, punchthrough probability, muonless events, gyromagnetic experiments, neutron cascades, hadronic neutral currents, muon problem, experimental autonomy, gyromagnetic effect, search for neutral currents, slow muons, antineutrino beam, cosmic ray work, hadron energy, penetrating particles, golden event, hydrogen chamber, shower particles, neutron background, muon spectrometer, visible volume, neutrino events, neutrino interactions, spark chambers, cascade calculations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Monte Carlo, United States, Physical Review Letters, Scientific Policy Committee, Nuclear Physics, Finance Committee, World War, Bonn Conference, Carl Anderson, Without Muon, Bruno Rossi, California Institute of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique, Experimenteller Nachweis, Further Observation, Nature of Particles, New York, Robert Oppenheimer, Against Phenomena, American Institute of Physics, Carlo Rubbia, Enrico Fermi, Experimental Proof, Gerald Holton, Gerald Myatt New!
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- Gauge Field Theories (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) by Stefan Pokorski on page 157, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Dictionary of Scientific Biography. by Charles Coulston Gillispie in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Particles and Fields (1974) by Williamsburg 1974 Aip Conference in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn on page 5, and Back Matter
- Quantum Mechanics (2 vol. set) by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji on page 48, and Back Matter
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