The Evidence for the Top Quark: Objectivity and Bias in Collaborative Experimentation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521174251)

Offering an historical and philosophical perspective on an important recent discovery in particle physics, the first evidence for the elementary particle known as the top quark, this study draws on published reports, oral histories, and internal documents. Kent Staley explores in detail the controversies and politics that surrounded the major scientific result. His book defends an objective theory of scientific evidence based on error probabilities.

Author: Kent W. Staley
ISBN-10: 0521174252
ISBN-13: 9780521174251
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/03/2011
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d