Studies from the Johns Hopkins Center for the History and Philosophy of Science: Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science by Owen Hannaway (1985, Hardcover)

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PublisherMIT Press

ISBN-100262010836

ISBN-139780262010832

eBay Product ID (ePID)56875

Product Key Features

Number of Pages392 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameObservation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science

Publication Year1985

SubjectPhilosophy & Social Aspects, History, Physics / General, Research & Methodology

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience

AuthorOwen Hannaway

SeriesStudies from the Johns Hopkins Center for the History and Philosophy of Science

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight65.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN84-020723

Dewey Edition19

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal530/.01

SynopsisThese original contributions by philosophers and historians of science discuss a range of issues pertaining to the testing of hypotheses in modern physics by observation and experiment., These original contributions by philosophers and historians of science discuss a range of issues pertaining to the testing of hypotheses in modern physics by observation and experiment. Chapters by Lawrence Sklar, Dudley Shapere, Richard Boyd, R. C. Jeffrey, Peter Achinstein, and Ronald Laymon explore general philosophical themes with applications to modern physics and astrophysics. The themes include the nature of the hypothetico-deductive method, the concept of observation and the validity of the theoretical-observation distinction, the probabilistic basis of confirmation, and the testing of idealizations and approximations. The remaining four chapters focus on the history of particular twentieth-century experiments, the instruments and techniques utilized, and the hypotheses they were designed to test. Peter Galison reviews the development of the bubble chamber; Roger Stuewer recounts a sharp dispute between physicists in Cambridge and Vienna over the interpretation of artificial disintegration experiments; John Rigden provides a history of the magnetic resonance method; and Geoffrey Joseph suggests a statistical interpretation of quantum mechanics that can be used to interpret the Stern-Gerlach and double-slit experiments. This book inaugurates the series, Studies from the Johns Hopkins Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, directed by Peter Achinstein and Owen Hannaway. A Bradford Book.

LC Classification NumberQC6.O26 1985