Constructing Quarks - by Andrew Pickering (Paperback)

Name: Constructing Quarks - by Andrew Pickering (Paperback)
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Widely regarded as a classic in its field, Constructing Quarks recounts the history of the post-war conceptual development of elementary-particle physics.
About the Author: Andrew Pickering is professor of sociology, criticism, and interpretive theory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
475 Pages
Science, History

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Widely regarded as a classic in its field, Constructing Quarks recounts the history of the post-war conceptual development of elementary-particle physics. Inviting a reappraisal of the status of scientific knowledge, Andrew Pickering suggests that scientists are not mere passive observers and reporters of nature. Rather they are social beings as well as active constructors of natural phenomena who engage in both experimental and theoretical practice.

"A prodigious piece of scholarship that I can heartily recommend."-Michael Riordan, New Scientist

"An admirable history. . . . Detailed and so accurate."-Hugh N. Pendleton, Physics Today

About the Author

Andrew Pickering is professor of sociology, criticism, and interpretive theory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Mangle of Practice: Time, Agency, and Science and editor of Science as Practice and Culture, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .97 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.41 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 475

Genre: Science

Sub-Genre: History

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Andrew Pickering

Language: English

Street Date: December 1, 1999

TCIN: 1006089248

UPC: 9780226667997

Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-1835

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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