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Main Title Image and logic : a material culture of microphysics /
Author Galison, Peter,
Publisher University of Chicago Press,
Year Published 1997
OCLC Number 36103882
ISBN 0226279162 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780226279169 (cloth : alk. paper); 0226279170 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780226279176 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects Microphysics--History--20th century ; Physics--Experiments--History--20th century ; Physical instruments--History--20th century ; Natuurkunde ; Wetenschappelijke technieken ; Detectoren ; Instrumenten
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ELBM  QC173.4.M5G35 1997 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 08/16/2010
Collation xxv, 955 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 849-902) and index.
Contents Notes 1. Introduction: Image and Logic -- 2. Cloud Chambers: The Peculiar Genius of British Physics -- 3. Nuclear Emulsions: The Anxiety of the Experimenter -- 4. Laboratory War: Radar Philosophy and the Los Alamos Man -- 5. Bubble Chambers: Factories of Physics -- 6. The Electronic Image: Iconoclasm and the New Icons -- 7. Time Projection Chambers: An Image Falling through Space -- 8. Monte Carlo Simulations: Artificial Reality -- 9. The Trading Zone: Coordinating Action and Belief -- Abbreviations for Archival Sources.
Place Published Chicago
Alternate Title Image & logic
PUB Date Free Form 1997
BIB Level m
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
LCCN 96052177
Merged OCLC records 39158038
OCLC Time Stamp 20100813132450
Language eng
Origin OCLC
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OCLC Rec Leader 02977cam 2200649 a 45020