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  • Shifting Standards

    Experiments in Particle Physics in the Twentieth Century

    by Allan Franklin ...
    In Shifting Standards, Allan Franklin provides an overview of notable experiments in particle physics. Using papers published in Physical Review, the journal of the American Physical Society, as his basis, Franklin details the experiments themselves, their data collection, the events witnessed, and the interpretation of results. From these papers, he distills the dramatic changes to particle ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Once Can Be Enough

    Decisive Experiments, No Replication Required

    by Allan Franklin, Ronald Laymon ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    There has recently been considerable discussion of a “replication crisis” in some areas of science. In this book, the authors argue that replication is not a necessary criterion for the validation of a scientific experiment. Five episodes from physics and genetics are used to substantiate this thesis: the Meselson-Stahl experiment on DNA replication, the discoveries of the positron and the omega ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Are There Really Neutrinos?

    An Evidential History

    by Allan D. Franklin, Alysia D. Marino ...
    Series series Frontiers in Physics
    This intriguing and accessible book examines the experiments on neutrino oscillations. It argues that this history gives us good reason to believe in the existence of neutrinos, a particle that interacts so weakly with matter that its interaction length is measured in light years of lead. Yet, the scientific process has provided evidence of the elusive neutrino. Written in a style accessible to ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force

    Discovery, Pursuit, and Justification in Modern Physics

    by Ephraim Fischbach, Allan Franklin ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book provides the reader with a detailed and captivating account of the story where, for the first time, physicists ventured into proposing a new force of nature beyond the four known ones - the electromagnetic, weak and strong forces, and gravitation - based entirely on the reanalysis of existing experimental data.Back in 1986, Ephraim Fischbach, Sam Aronson, Carrick Talmadge and their ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Case Studies in Experimental Physics

    Why Scientists Pursue Investigation

    by Ronald Laymon, Allan Franklin ...
    Series series eBColl Synthesis Collection 11
    This book addresses the pursuit and further investigation of experimental results by analyzing classic examples from physics. The authors concentrate on the investigation of experimental results by examining case studies from the history of 20th and 21st century physics. Discussions on the discovery of parity nonconservation, the rise and fall of the Fifth Force, the search for neutrinoless double ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Feedback Loops

    Pragmatism about Science and Technology

    by Anne C. Fitzpatrick, Ronald Laymon, Nicholas Rescher, Ivan Guajardo, Thomas Staley, Brandiff R. Caron, Peter Kroes, Joseph C. Pitt, Allan Franklin, James H. Collier ...
    Series series Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology
    In a world of information technologies, genetic engineering, controversies about established science, and the mysteries of quantum physics, it is at once seemingly impossible and absolutely vital to find ways to make sense of how science, technology, and society connect. In Feedback Loops: Pragmatism about Science & Technology, editors Andrew Wells Garnar and Ashley Shew bring together original ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • 20+ Vintage Sci-Fi Novels

    Foundational Tales of Artificial Life, Lost Worlds, Alien Invasions, Utopias, and Early Space Adventure

    by Mary Shelley, Jonathan Swift, Jules Verne, Mrs. Loudon, John Ames Mitchell, H. G. Wells, John Munro, Robert W. Chambers, Guy Thorne, David Franklin Powell, George Allan England, Garrett Putman Serviss, Edward Bellamy, Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Homer Eon Flint, Robert Cromie ...
    20+ Vintage Sci-Fi Novels surveys the formative centuries of speculative fiction, assembling Gothic experiment, satirical voyage, utopian and dystopian romance, scientific adventure, invasion narrative, and planetary quest. Across its expansive range, the volume traces how fiction made the future legible through strange machines, altered societies, subterranean worlds, and encounters with the ... Read more

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  • 20 Sci-Fi Adventure Novels

    Victorian Scientific Romances of Airships, Submarines, Lost Worlds, Future Wars, and Planetary Voyages

    by Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Jules Verne, John Ames Mitchell, John Munro, Robert W. Chambers, Guy Thorne, David Franklin Powell, George Allan England, Garrett Putman Serviss, Mrs. Loudon, Charles B. Stilson, Charles Willing Beale, Luis Senarens, George Chetwynd Griffith, William Le Queux, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Romyn Dake ...
    20 Sci-Fi Adventure Novels surveys the formative borderlands of science fiction, where imperial romance, Gothic speculation, detective intrigue, utopian projection, and technological fantasy converged. Its narratives range from voyages through remote worlds and subterranean realms to visions of future warfare, altered bodies, lost civilizations, and scientific discovery. Alongside foundational ... Read more

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  • In Search of the Great Unknown: 20 Science-Fiction Adventures

    Victorian and Edwardian Voyages to Lost Worlds, Hidden Civilizations, and Cosmic Peril

    by Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Jules Verne, John Ames Mitchell, John Munro, Robert W. Chambers, Guy Thorne, David Franklin Powell, George Allan England, Garrett Putman Serviss, Mrs. Loudon, Charles B. Stilson, Charles Willing Beale, Luis Senarens, George Chetwynd Griffith, William Le Queux, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Romyn Dake ...
    In Search of the Great Unknown: 20 Science-Fiction Adventures surveys the formative energies of speculative fiction, assembling voyages beyond Earth, technological marvels, occult-inflected mysteries, lost-world romances, and encounters with altered futures. Its range extends from Gothic atmosphere and sensational adventure to proto-scientific extrapolation, imperial romance, and planetary ... Read more

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  • In the Dawn of Science Fiction: 22 Groundbreaking Novels

    Foundational Tales of Gothic Creation, Utopian Futures, Time Travel, and Cosmic Adventure

    by Mary Shelley, Jonathan Swift, Jules Verne, Mrs. Loudon, John Ames Mitchell, H. G. Wells, John Munro, Robert W. Chambers, Guy Thorne, David Franklin Powell, George Allan England, Garrett Putman Serviss, Edward Bellamy, Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Homer Eon Flint, Robert Cromie ...
    In the Dawn of Science Fiction: 22 Groundbreaking Novels charts the formative centuries of speculative narrative, gathering Gothic experiment, satirical voyage, technological romance, dystopian prophecy, lost-world adventure, and cosmic fantasy. Its works trace science fiction's emergence from Enlightenment irony and nineteenth-century industrial wonder into a modern literature attentive to ... Read more

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    by Wei-tou Ni ...
    The aim of this two-volume title is to give a comprehensive review of one hundred years of development of general relativity and its scientific influences. This unique title provides a broad introduction and review to the fascinating and profound subject of general relativity, its historical development, its important theoretical consequences, gravitational wave detection and applications to ... Read more

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  • Particle Physics and Cosmology: the Fabric of Spacetime

    Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2006

    by Francis Bernardeau, Christophe Grojean, Jean Dalibard ...
    Series Book 86 - Les Houches
    This book is a collection of lectures given in August 2006 at the Les Houches Summer School on "Particle Physics and Cosmology: the Fabric of Spacetime. It provides a pedagogical introduction to the various aspects of both particle physics beyond the Standard Model and Cosmology of the Early Universe, covering each topic from the basics to the most recent developments.· Provides a pedagogical ... Read more

    $81.89 USD