Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things: Historical Perspectives on Experimental Cont

Description: Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things by Jutta Schickore, William R. Newman Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This open access book provides a historical treatment of scientific control in experimentation in the longue durée. Together, the chapters show that the local context shapes what exactly is controlled, how control can be accomplished, and how controls are justified. Publisher Description This open access book provides a historical treatment of scientific control in experimentation in the longue durée. The introduction distinguishes four related strands in the history of experimental control: the development of practices to stabilize experimental conditions; the career of the comparative design; the unfolding of methodological discussions about control practices and designs; and the history of the term "control". Each chapter brings these distinctions to bear on specific historical episodes. The focus is on experiments with complex, elusive phenomena such as perception and learning, irregular movements, and unobservable elements. Such experiments bring control issues to the fore because they are difficult to design and stabilize and often controversial. Together, the chapters show that the local context shapes what exactly is controlled, how control can be accomplished, and how controls are justified. They also show that control strategies and methodological ideas often remain stable for a long time and change only gradually. This book, as well as the volume on analysis and synthesis in experimentation by the same editors, contains contributions by an array of experts from multiple disciplines, making it suitable for historians and philosophers of science and students alike. Author Biography Jutta Schickore is Ruth N. Halls Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine at Indiana University. Her research has dealt with philosophical and scientific debates about scientific methods in past and present, particularly debates about (non)replicability, error, and negative results, historical and philosophical aspects of microscopy; and the relation between history and philosophy of science. She held a Sir Henry Wellcome Research Fellowship at the at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science in Cambridge, UK, as well as postdoctoral fellowships at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology at M.I.T. (Cambridge, Mass.) and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin, Germany). She has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) and fellow at the National Humanities Center (Research Triangle Park).William R. Newman is Distinguished Professor and Ruth N. Halls Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine at Indiana University. Most of Newmans work in the History of Science has been devoted to alchemy and "chymistry," the art-nature debate, and matter theories, particularly atomism. Newman is also General Editor of the Chymistry of Isaac Newton, an online resource combining digital editions of Newtons alchemical writings with multimedia replications of Newtons alchemical experiments . Newman is on the editorial boards of Archimedes, Early Science and Medicine, and HOPOS. He has been a Guggenheim fellow, member at the Institute for Advanced Study, and fellow at the National Humanities Center. Details ISBN 3031529561 ISBN-13 9783031529566 Title Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things Author Jutta Schickore, William R. Newman Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 307 Edition 1st Publisher Springer International Publishing AG GE_Item_ID:159034331; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! 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