{"product_id":"constructing-quarks-a-sociological-history-of-particle-physics-9780226667997","title":"Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics","description":"Widely regarded as a classic in its field, \u003ci\u003eConstructing Quarks\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A prodigious piece of scholarship that I can heartily recommend.\"--Michael Riordan, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An admirable history. . . . Detailed and so accurate.\"--Hugh N. Pendleton, \u003ci\u003ePhysics Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-268886\"\u003eAndrew Pickering\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226667997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226667995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI034000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI051000\"\u003ePhysics | Nuclear\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Pickering\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of sociology, criticism, and interpretive theory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mangle of Practice: Time, Agency, and Science\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eScience as Practice and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44579229303021,"sku":"9780226667997","price":76.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_48c3dc50-8230-496a-8375-7db3635559bd.jpg?v=1702058609","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/constructing-quarks-a-sociological-history-of-particle-physics-9780226667997","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}