The Resource No easy answers : science and the pursuit of knowledge, Allan Franklin, (electronic resource)
No easy answers : science and the pursuit of knowledge, Allan Franklin, (electronic resource)
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The item No easy answers : science and the pursuit of knowledge, Allan Franklin, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- "In No Easy Answers, Allan Franklin offers an accurate picture of science and scientific experiment for general readers and for scholars in the humanities and social sciences who may not have any background in physics. He contends that science is too important for the public not to have an understanding of it." "Through close examination of some of the most important cases in modern scientific research, Franklin illustrates the various roles that experiment plays in science. He uses examples of unquestioned success, such as the discoveries of the electron and of three types of neutrino, and examples of studies that were dead ends, wrong turns, or just plain mistakes, such as the "fifth force," a proposed modification of Newton's law of gravity."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 258 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Experiment--Making or Breaking Theories
- The Violation of Parity Conservation
- The Meselson-Stahl Experiment: "The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology"
- Emil Konopinski and the Theory of?-Decay
- The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force
- The Search for What Is There
- The Discovery of the Electron
- The Road to the Neutrino
- How Many Neutrinos?
- The Appearance and Disappearance of the 17-keV Neutrino
- The Missing Solar Neutrinos
- Blas Cabrera and the Search for Magnetic Monopoles
- The Trouble with Scientists
- Robert Millikan and the Charge of the Electron
- The Early Searches for Gravity Waves
- Atomic Parity Violation: Do Mutants Die of Natural Causes?
- Conclusion: No Easy Answers
- Label
- No easy answers : science and the pursuit of knowledge
- Title
- No easy answers
- Title remainder
- science and the pursuit of knowledge
- Statement of responsibility
- Allan Franklin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In No Easy Answers, Allan Franklin offers an accurate picture of science and scientific experiment for general readers and for scholars in the humanities and social sciences who may not have any background in physics. He contends that science is too important for the public not to have an understanding of it." "Through close examination of some of the most important cases in modern scientific research, Franklin illustrates the various roles that experiment plays in science. He uses examples of unquestioned success, such as the discoveries of the electron and of three types of neutrino, and examples of studies that were dead ends, wrong turns, or just plain mistakes, such as the "fifth force," a proposed modification of Newton's law of gravity."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- OCLCE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1938-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Franklin, Allan
- Dewey number
- 507/.2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q162
- LC item number
- .F694 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Science
- Science
- Label
- No easy answers : science and the pursuit of knowledge, Allan Franklin, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Experiment--Making or Breaking Theories -- The Violation of Parity Conservation -- The Meselson-Stahl Experiment: "The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology" -- Emil Konopinski and the Theory of?-Decay -- The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force -- The Search for What Is There -- The Discovery of the Electron -- The Road to the Neutrino -- How Many Neutrinos? -- The Appearance and Disappearance of the 17-keV Neutrino -- The Missing Solar Neutrinos -- Blas Cabrera and the Search for Magnetic Monopoles -- The Trouble with Scientists -- Robert Millikan and the Charge of the Electron -- The Early Searches for Gravity Waves -- Atomic Parity Violation: Do Mutants Die of Natural Causes? -- Conclusion: No Easy Answers
- Control code
- 607535120
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 258 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)649963671
- Label
- No easy answers : science and the pursuit of knowledge, Allan Franklin, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Experiment--Making or Breaking Theories -- The Violation of Parity Conservation -- The Meselson-Stahl Experiment: "The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology" -- Emil Konopinski and the Theory of?-Decay -- The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force -- The Search for What Is There -- The Discovery of the Electron -- The Road to the Neutrino -- How Many Neutrinos? -- The Appearance and Disappearance of the 17-keV Neutrino -- The Missing Solar Neutrinos -- Blas Cabrera and the Search for Magnetic Monopoles -- The Trouble with Scientists -- Robert Millikan and the Charge of the Electron -- The Early Searches for Gravity Waves -- Atomic Parity Violation: Do Mutants Die of Natural Causes? -- Conclusion: No Easy Answers
- Control code
- 607535120
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 258 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)649963671
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