Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics

by Andrew Pickering

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226667995

ISBN13:9780226667997

Release Date:December 1999

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:475 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

History History & Philosophy Nuclear Physics Particle Physics Physics Politics & Social Sciences Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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