The Evidence for the Top Quark
Author | : Kent W. Staley |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2004-04-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521827108 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521827102 |
Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Evidence for the Top Quark written by Kent W. Staley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-05 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Evidence for the Top Quark offers both a historical and philosophical perspective on an important recent discovery in particle physics: the first evidence for the elementary particle known as the top quark. Drawing on published reports, oral histories, and internal documents from the large collaboration that performed the experiment, Kent Staley explores in detail the controversies and politics that surrounded this major scientific result.At the same time the book seeks to defend an objective theory of scientific evidence based on error probabilities.