Selectivity And Discord: Two Problems Of Experiment - Softcover

Franklin, Allan

 
9780822961949: Selectivity And Discord: Two Problems Of Experiment
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ISBN 10: 0822961946 ISBN 13: 9780822961949
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002

Synopsis

Selectivity and Discord addresses the fundamental question of whether there are grounds for belief in experimental results. Specifically, Allan Franklin is concerned with two problems in the use of experimental results in science: selectivity of data or analysis procedures and the resolution of discordant results. By means of detailed case studies of episodes from the history of modern physics, Franklin shows how these problems can be―and are―solved in the normal practice of science and, therefore, that experimental results may be legitimately used as a basis for scientific knowledge.

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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 Associatio

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Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0822961946
ISBN 13 
9780822961949
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304

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