Description
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
Author: Andrew Pickering
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 12/01/1999
Pages: 475
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d
ISBN13: 9780226667997
ISBN10: 0226667995
BISAC Categories:
- Science | History
- Science | Physics | Nuclear
Author: Andrew Pickering
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 12/01/1999
Pages: 475
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d
ISBN13: 9780226667997
ISBN10: 0226667995
BISAC Categories:
- Science | History
- Science | Physics | Nuclear
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.