Experiment, Right or Wrong

Allan Franklin

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Allan Franklin

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: September 2009
Print publication year:: 1990
Online ISBN:: 9780511527302
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511527302

Subjects:: History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy, General Science

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In Experiment, Right or Wrong, Allan Franklin continues his investigation of the history and philosophy of experiment presented in his previous book, The Neglect of Experiment. Using a combination of case studies and philosophical readings of those studies, Franklin again addresses two important questions: (1) What role does and should experiment play in the choice between competing theories and in the confirmation or refutation of theories and hypotheses? (2) How do we come to believe reasonably in experimental results? Experiment, Right or Wrong makes a significant contribution to an important area in contemporary history and philosophy of science. Philosophers and historians of science, physicists, and advanced students in these areas will find much of interest in this engaging study.

"For accounts of how experiments in modern physics are actually conducted and validated, Franklin's books rank with Peter Galison's 'How Experiments End' as the best we have." John Earman, Foundations of Physics

"Allan Franklin is among those who believe that 'experiment has a life of its own. He has been extensively studying scientific experiments, and his new book presents some of his findings...It provides an excellent example of today's scholarship in the history of modern science." Yuelin Zhu, ISIS

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgments
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-6

I - EXPERIMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY OF WEAK INTERACTIONS: FROM FERMI TO V-A
pp 7-8

1 - Fermi's theory
pp 9-24

2 - Toward a universal Fermi interaction; muons and pions
pp 25-41

3 - Beta-decay theory following World War II
pp 42-62

4 - The discovery of parity nonconservation
pp 63-74

5 - The V-A theory of weak interactions and its acceptance
pp 75-96

II - TOWARD A PHILOSOPHY OF EXPERIMENT
pp 97-98

6 - Experimental results
pp 99-141

7 - The roles of experiment
pp 142-161

8 - Do mutants have to be slain, or do they die of natural causes? The case of atomic parity-violation experiments
pp 162-192

Conclusion
pp 193-197

Appendix
pp 198-200

References
pp 201-220

Index
pp 221-230

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