Constructing Quarks : A Sociological History of Particle Physics

Pickering, Andrew

ISBN 10: 0226667995 / ISBN 13: 9780226667997

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1999

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Inhaltsangabe:

Widely regarded as a classic in its field, Constructing Quarks recounts the history of the post-war conceptual development of elementary-particle physics. Inviting a reappraisal of the status of scientific knowledge, Andrew Pickering suggests that scientists are not mere passive observers and reporters of nature. Rather they are social beings as well as active constructors of natural phenomena who engage in both experimental and theoretical practice.

"A prodigious piece of scholarship that I can heartily recommend."—Michael Riordan, New Scientist

"An admirable history. . . . Detailed and so accurate."—Hugh N. Pendleton, Physics Today

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

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.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Constructing Quarks : A Sociological History...
Verlag: University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good