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Great Scientific Experiments

Twenty Experiments That Changed Our View of the World

By: ROM HARRE

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Paperback | 24 November 2011

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These vividly recounted tales of human skill and ingenuity offer fascinating views of the correlation between theories, practical inquiries, ideas, and facts. Re-created strictly on the basis of the original publication in which the results were first announced, the scrupulously accurate retellings of 20 groundbreaking scientific experiments are complemented with rare photos and illustrations.
Based on such criteria as fame, historical importance, elegance, and economy of method, the experiments include Aristotle's work on the embryology of the chick, Galileo's discovery of the law of descent, Newton's experiment on the nature of colors, Lavoisier's proof of the oxygen hypothesis, William Beaumont's work on the process of digestion, Faraday's demonstration of the identity of all forms of electricity, J. J. Thompson's discovery of the electron, Michelson and Morely's demonstration of the impossibility of detecting the motion of the earth, and a dozen others.
Each experiment is appraised and analyzed in the light of subsequent developments, placing the work within the context of the history of science. In addition to diagrams and photographs of the experimental method and apparatus, brief biographies and portraits of the scientist appear as well.
Rom Harré is a Fellow Emeritus of Linacre College, Oxford, and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and American University, Washington, D.C.

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Preface	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Formal Aspects of Method
Exploring the Characteristics of a Naturally Occurring Process
The Embryology of the Chick	p. 31
The Process of Digestion as Chemistry	p. 39
Deciding between Rival Hypotheses
The Discovery of Dip and the Field Concept	p. 49
The Circulation of Sap in Plants	p. 57
The Conditions of Imprinting	p. 65
Finding the Form of a Law Inductively
The Law of Descent	p. 76
The Measurement of the Spring of the Air	p. 83
The Use of Models to Simulate otherwise Unresearchable Processes
The Causes of the Rainbow	p. 93
Exploiting an Accident
The Preparation of Artificial Vaccines	p. 102
The Artificial Transmutation of the Elements	p. 111
Null Results
The Impossibility of Detecting the Motion of the Earth	p. 124
Developing the Content of a Theory
Finding the Hidden Mechanism of a Known Effect
The Direct Transfer of Genetic Material	p. 137
The Mechanism of Perception	p. 147
Existence Proofs
The Proof of the Oxygen Hypothesis	p. 155
The Electrolytic Isolation of New Elements	p. 163
The Discovery of the Electron	p. 171
The Decomposition of an Apparently Simple Phenomenon
The Nature of Colours	p. 182
The Demonstration of Underlying Unity within Apparent Variety
The Identity of All Forms of Electricity	p. 191
Technique
Accuracy and Care in Manipulation
The Perfection of Chemical Measurement	p. 201
The Power and Versatility of Apparatus
The Wave Aspect of Matter and the Third Quantum Number	p. 212
General Bibliography	p. 221
Index	p. 223
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