Constructing Quarks a sociological history of particle physics

Pickering, Andrew

ISBN 10: 0226667987 / ISBN 13: 9780226667980

Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1984

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3 Page Preface, 17 Page Introduction, B/W Illustrations. Bottom Spine Edge and Bottom Rear Board Edge BUMPED "dropped from the bookshelf" Causing Wrinkling to Board.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Constructing Quarks a sociological history of particle physics
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226667987
• ISBN 13: 9780226667980
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Constructing Quarks recounts the history of the post-war conceptual development of elementary-particle physics.

About the Author

Andrew Pickering is professor of sociology, criticism, and interpretive theory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Mangle of Practice: Time, Agency, and Science and editor of Science as Practice and Culture, both published by the University of Chicago Press.