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Allan Franklin, Shifting Standards: Experiments in Particle Physics in the Twentieth Century. Book Review

Journal Article · · Philosophy of Science
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/682990· OSTI ID:1431330
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  1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
The book Shifting Standards is a valuable contribution to the literature on the history and philosophy of science and specifically to the philosophy of scientific experimentation, the discipline of which Allan Franklin is one of the outstanding scholars and founders. Here, the central focus of the book is the contemporary shift in the norms of representation of experimental results in particle physics as well as the increasing role and drawbacks of statistical standards of acceptance for those results.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1431330
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB--15-691; 1665797
Journal Information:
Philosophy of Science, Journal Name: Philosophy of Science Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 82; ISSN 0031-8248
Publisher:
University of Chicago PressCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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