Certainty and Uncertainty in the Practice of Science: Electrons, Muons and Taus
During the past one hundred years three related elementary particles-the electron, the muon, and the tau-were discovered by very different scientific techniques. The author, who received the Wolf Prize and the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the tau, uses this history to discuss certainty and uncertainty in the practice of science. While the emphasis is on the practice of scientific research, the paper also explains for the non-physicist some basic ideas in elementary particle science.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 9966
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-8010; TRN: US0103260
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 29 Jan 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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