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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 287 pp. Original boards. Near Fine. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 267. Like any goal-oriented procedure, experiment is subject to many kinds of failures. These failures have a variety of features, depending on the particulars of their sources. For the experimenter these pitfalls should be avoided and their effects minimized. For the historian-philosopher of science and the science educator, on the other hand, they are instructive starting points for reflecting on science in general and scientific method and practice in particular. Often more is learned from failure than from confirmation and successful application. The identification of error, its source, its context, and its treatment shed light on both practices and epistemic claims. This book shows that it is fruitful to bring to light forgotten and lost failures, subject them to analysis and learn from their moral. The study of failures, errors, pitfalls and mistakes helps us understand the way knowledge is pursued and indeed generated. The book presents both historical accounts and philosophical analyses of failures in experimental practice. It covers topics such as "error as an object of study", "learning from error", "concepts and dead ends", "instrumental artifacts", and "surprise and puzzlement". This book will be of interest to historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science as well as to practicing scientists and science educators. Table of contents (14 chapters) Introduction: Mapping "Going Amiss" Giora Hon, Jutta Schickore, Friedrich Steinle Pages 1-7 Error as an Object of Study Error: The Long Neglect, the One-Sided View, and a Typology Giora Hon Pages 11-26 Error as Historiographical Challenge: The Infamous Globule Hypothesis Jutta Schickore Pages 27-45 Learning From Error Learning Without Error Erez Braun, Shimon Marom Pages 49-54 Living Extremely Flat: The Life of an Automaton; John von Neumann's Conception of Error of (in)Animate Systems Giora Hon Pages 55-71 Concepts and Dead Ends Concepts from the Bench: Hans Krebs, Kurt Henseleit and the Urea Cycle Kärin Nickelsen, Gerd Graßhoff Pages 91-117 How Experiments Make Concepts Fail: Faraday and Magnetic Curves Friedrich Steinle Pages 119-135 A Pioneer Who Never Got It Right: James Dewar and the Elusive Phenomena of Cold Kostas Gavroglu Pages 137-157 Instrumental Artifacts Distinguishing Real Results from Instrumental Artifacts: The Case of the Missing Rain Wendy Parker Pages 161-177 Going Right and Making It Wrong: The Reception of Fizeau's Ether-Drift Experiment of 1859 Jan Frercks Pages 179-210 The Spectrum of β Decay: Continuous or Discrete? A Variety of Errors in Experimental Investigation Allan Franklin Pages 211-235 Surprise and Puzzlement The Scent of Filth: Experiments, Waste, and the Set-Up Christoph Hoffmann Pages 239-251 In the Thick of Organic Matter Ursula Klein Pages 253-272.…

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Condition: New. Assessment of error and uncertainty is a vital component of both natural and social science. This edited volume presents case studies of research practices across a wide spectrum of scientific fields. It compares methodologies and presents the ingredients needed for an overarching framework applicable to all. Editor(s): Boumans, Marcel; Hon, Giora (University of Haifa, Israel); Petersen, Arthur C. Series: History and Philosophy of Technoscience. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498. . 2016. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .…

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