{"product_id":"scientific-practice-9780226078892","title":"Scientific Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study examines small-scale experiments in physics, in particular the relation between theory and practice. The contributors focus on interactions among the people, materials and ideas involved in experiments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures Analytical Contents 1: Introduction Ian Hacking 2: Context and Constraints Peter L. Galison 3: Beyond Constraint: The Temporality of Practice and the Historicity of Knowledge Andrew Pickering 4: Experimenting in the Natural Sciences: A Philosophical Approach Hans Radder 5: Scientific Practice: The View from the Tabletop Brian S. Baigrie 6: Following Scientists through Society? Yes, but at Arm's Length! Yves Gingras 7: Why Hertz Was Right about Cathode Rays Jed Z. Buchwald 8: Is the Identification of Experimental Error Contextually Dependent? The Case of Kaufmann's Experiment and Its Varied Reception Giora Hon 9: Scientific Conclusions and Philosophical Arguments: An Inessential Tension Margaret Morrison 10: Where Experiments End: Tabletop Trials in Victorian Astronomy Simon Schaffer 11: The Sturdy Protestants of Science: Larmor, Trouton, and the Earth's Motion through the Ether Andrew Warwick Conclusion Jed Z. Buchwald, Sylvan S. Schweber. References Contributors Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036477718871,"sku":"9780226078892","price":94.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226078892.jpg?v=1750932176","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/scientific-practice-9780226078892","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}