Constructing Quarks

A Sociological History of Particle Physics

Andrew Pickering

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Chicago University Press
01 December 1999

Mathematics & Sciences; History of science; Popular science; Particle & high-energy physics

"Widely regarded as a classic in its field, Constructing Quarks recounts the history of the post-war conceptual development of elementary-particle physics. Inviting a reappraisal of the status of scientific knowledge, Andrew Pickering suggests that scientists are not mere passive observers and reporters of nature. Rather they are social beings as well as active constructors of natural phenomena who engage in both experimental and theoretical practice.

""A prodigious piece of scholarship that I can heartily recommend.""—Michael Riordan, New Scientist

""An admirable history. . . . Detailed and so accurate.""—Hugh N. Pendleton, Physics Today"

By: Andrew Pickering
Imprint: Chicago University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 15mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780226667997
ISBN 10: 0226667995
Pages: 475
Publication Date: 01 December 1999
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Pickering is professor of sociology, criticism, and interpretive theory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Mangle of Practice: Time, Agency, and Science and editor of Science as Practice and Culture, both published by the University of Chicago Press.