The Uses of Experiment
Subtitle: Studies in the Natural Sciences
Contributors: David Gooding (Editor); Trevor Pinch (Editor); Simon Schaffer (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 30, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780521331852
Subjects: History of science; Science/Mathematics; Science--Experiments--Philosophy; Technology / General; Science; Case studies; Scientific Methodology And Research; Experiments; Methodology; Philosophy
First sentence: Scientific instruments became indispensable in collecting and dissecting natural phenomena in the seventeenth century, leading to the development of techniques that are at the roots of modern science.