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Scientific Practice: Theories and Stories of Doing Physics

By Jed Z. Buchwald (Editor)
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By Jed Z. Buchwald (Editor)
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Most recent work on the nature of experiment in physics has focused on "big science"—the large-scale research addressed in Andrew Pickering's Constructing Quarks and Peter Galison's How Experiments End.

This book examines small-scale experiment in physics, in particular the relation between theory and practice. The contributors focus on interactions among the people, materials, and ideas involved in experiments—factors that have been relatively neglected in science studies.

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Science & TechnologyPhilosophyHistory & Philosophy of ScienceMajor Branches of Philosophical StudyPhysicsApplied SciencePhilosophy of Science - General & MiscellaneousScience, Philosophy ofPhysics - General & MiscellaneousPhysics Experiments