Libro Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics De Andrew Pickering

portada Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Univ Of Chicago Pr

Autor

Andrew Pickering

Año

1999

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

475

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Peso

1.45

ISBN

0226667995

ISBN13

9780226667997

Categorías

Historia de la ciencia

Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics

Andrew Pickering (Autor) · Univ Of Chicago Pr · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics"

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