Overview
- Provides the first discussion of pursuit with an emphasis on experimental results
- Questions why scientists continue an investigation of experiments or theories
- Features the pursuit and acceptance of experiments with case studies from 20th and 21st century physics
Part of the book series: Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology (SLEST)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Allan Franklin, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics at the University of Colorado. He began his career as an experimental high-energy physicist and later changed his research area to history and philosophy of science, particularly on the roles of experiment. He has twice been chair of the Forum on the History of Physics of the American Physical Society and 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 thirteen books including most recently Shifting Standards: Experiments in Particle Physics in the Twentieth Century, What Makes a Good Experiment? Reasons and Roles in Science, Is It the Same Result? Replication in Physics, Measuring Nothing Repeatedly: Null Experiments in Physics (with Ron Laymon), and Once Can Be Enough, Decisive Experiments No Replication Needed (with Ron Laymon).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Case Studies in Experimental Physics
Book Subtitle: Why Scientists Pursue Investigation
Authors: Ronald Laymon, Allan Franklin
Series Title: Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12608-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Synthesis Collection of Technology (R0), eBColl Synthesis Collection 11
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12607-9Published: 25 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12610-9Published: 26 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12608-6Published: 24 September 2022
Series ISSN: 2690-0300
Series E-ISSN: 2690-0327
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 151
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Particle and Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics