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Author Franklin, Allan, 1938- author.

Title What makes a good experiment? : reasons and roles in science / Allan Franklin.

Publication Info. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource
age Children
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Conceptually Important Experiments: Those That Lead to Significant Changes in Theory; 1. Gregor Mendel, "Experiments in Plant Hybridization": The Best Experiments Ever Done!; 2. The Discovery of Parity Nonconservation; 3. The Meselson-Stahl Experiment": The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology"; 4. CP or Not CP: A Convincing Experiment; 5. The Nondiscovery of Parity Nonconservation: A Missed Opportunity; Part II. Measuring a Quantity of Importance; 6. Measuring a Quantity of Importance and Testing an Equation: Millikan and Planck's Constant.
17. A Tale of Two Experiments: Is There a Fifth Force?18. The Search for Magnetic Monopoles; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.
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Subject Experimental design.
Experimental design.
Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature.
Science -- Experiments.
Science -- Methodology -- Juvenile literature.
Science -- Methodology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Juvenile works.
Other Form: Print version: Franklin, Allan, 1938- What makes a good experiment?. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016] (DLC) 2016007241
ISBN 9780822981008 (electronic book)
0822981009 (electronic book)
9780822944416 (hardcover)
0822944413