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Changing Order

Replication and Induction in Scientific Practice

Harry Collins author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:1st May '92

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This fascinating study in the sociology of science explores the way scientists conduct, and draw conclusions from, their experiments. The book is organized around three case studies: replication of the TEA-laser, detecting gravitational rotation, and some experiments in the paranormal. "In his superb book, Collins shows why the quest for certainty is disappointed. He shows that standards of replication are, of course, social, and that there is consequently no outside standard, no Archimedean point beyond society from which we can lever the intellects of our fellows."--Donald M. McCloskey, Journal of Economic Psychology

ISBN: 9780226113760

Dimensions: 22mm x 14mm x 1mm

Weight: 312g

207 pages