What Makes a Good Experiment? by Allan Franklin

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But experiments can actually play a lot of different roles in science—they can, for example, investigate a subject for which a theory does not exist, help to articulate an existing theory, call for a new theory, or correct incorrect or misinterpreted results.

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What Makes a Good Experiment? by Allan Franklin

But experiments can actually play a lot of different roles in science-they can, for example, investigate a subject for which a theory does not exist, help to articulate an existing theory, call for a new theory, or correct incorrect or misinterpreted results.

Allan Franklin is professor of physics at the University of Colorado. He has twice been chair of the Forum on the History of Physics of the American Physical Society and has served two terms on the executive council of the Philosophy of Science Association. In 2016, Franklin received the Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics from the American Physical Society. He is the author of eleven books, including, most recently, Shifting Standards: Experiments in Particle Physics in the Twentieth Century.

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ISBN 13 9780822944416
ISBN 10 0822944413
Title What Makes a Good Experiment?
Author Allan Franklin
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press
Year published 2016-05-03
Number of pages 384
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