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020 _a9781108794510
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041 _aeng
082 _a121.6
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100 _aBoyd, Nora Mills
245 0 _aEpistemology of experimental physics /
_cNora Mills Boyd.
260 _aNew York :
_bCambridge university press,
_c2021.
300 _a67 p. ;
_c19 cm.
490 _aCambridge elements Philosophy of Physics
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 _a1. Introduction 2. Epistemic challenges in experimental physics. Crucial experiments and underdetermination Calibration and regress 3. Epistemology of data omission. Millikan's orphaned drops The Sobral astrographic plates Lessons for epistemology of experiment 4. Is there an epistemology of experimental physics?
520 _aThis Element presents key topics in the epistemology of experimental physics by examining both classic physics experiments and others that have not yet garnered significant philosophical focus.
650 _aKnowledge, Theory of.
650 _aPhysics - Philosophy.
650 _aEpistemology.
942 _cENG
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