Shifting Standards: Experiments in Particle Physics in the Twentieth Century

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PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE “Shifting Standards provides a very detailed, comprehensive, and welldocumented discussion of how research practices, techniques, instruments , and standards of discovery have evolved in experimental particle physics during the twentieth century. This book is a muchneeded contribution to the literature on the history and philosophy of experimentation in physics.” —Koray Karaca, University of Wuppertal “Philosophers of science should take notice of Franklin’s analyses and their consequences, for here we have a faithful presentation of an important aspect of the scientific practice.” —Giora Hon, University of Haifa, Israel Past Praise for No Easy Answers: Science and the Pursuit of Knowledge “Franklin’s superb contributions to the history and philosophy of science over many years have provided the foundation for this excellent book in which he makes the inner workings of science accessible to a broad audience of well-educated nonscientists. By examining wrong experiments as well as correct ones, he shows how scientists make rational arguments and follow reasonable strategies to sort out competing claims. In the process, he answers some of the most serious critics of science.” —William E. Evenson, former editor, History of Physics Newsletter UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS WWW.UPRESS.PITT.EDU ISBN 13: 978-0-8229-4430-0 ISBN 10: 0-8229-4430-8 ...