Is It the 'Same' Result by Allan Franklin
Replication, the independent confirmation of experimental results and conclusions, is regarded as the gold standard in science. This book examines the question of successful or failed replications and demonstrates that that question is not always easy to answer. It presents clear examples of successful replications, the discoveries of the Higgs boson and of gravity waves. Failed replications include early experiments on the Fifth Force, a proposed modification of Newton's Law of universal gravitation, and the measurements of G, the constant in that law. Other case studies illustrate some of the difficulties and complexities in deciding whether a replication is successful or failed. It also discusses how that question has been answered. These studies include the discovery of the pentaquark in the early 2000s and the continuing search for neutrinoless double beta decay. It argues that although successful replication is the goal of scientific experimentation, it is not always easily achieved.-
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Allan D. Franklin is professor of physics emeritus at the University of Colorado. He began his career as an experimental high-energy physicist and later changed his research area to history and philosophy of science, particularly on the roles of experiment. In 2016, Franklin received the Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics from the American Physical Society. He is the author of twelve books including most recently Shifting Standards: Experiments in Particle Physics in the Twentieth Century, What Makes a Good Experiment? Reasons and Roles in Science, and Is It the Same Result? Replication in Physics
Alysia D. Marino is a member of the physics faculty at the University of Colorado. She has been a researcher in experimental neutrino physics for over 20 years, studying neutrino oscillations with solar neutrinos and with accelerator-generated neutrino beams.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781643271637 |
| ISBN 10 | 1643271636 |
| Title | Is It the 'Same' Result |
| Author | Allan Franklin |
| Series | Iop Concise Physics |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Morgan & Claypool Publishers |
| Year published | 2018-10-30 |
| Number of pages | 161 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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