Gravity's Ghost and Big Dog : Scientific Discovery and Social Analysis in the Twenty-First Century /

Gravity's Ghost and Big Dog brings to life science's efforts to detect cosmic gravitational waves. These ripples in space-time are predicted by general relativity, and their discovery will not only demonstrate the truth of Einstein's theories but also transform astronomy. Although no...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Collins, Harry (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Temas:
Gravitational waves > Experiments.
Gravitational waves > Research > History.
Gravitational waves > Experiments.
Gravitational waves > Research > History.
Science > Social aspects.
Science > Social aspects.
SCIENCE / General.
nuclear engineering, astronomy, astrophysics, ripples in space-time, general relativity, einsteins theories, big dog, equinox event, philosophical choices, american laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory, cosmic waves, energy, sociological fieldwork, thought-provoking study, pioneering science, space, experiments, scientific discovery, statistical tests, parameter estimation, methodology, theory, black holes.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Enlarged Edition
  • I. Gravity's Ghost: The Equinox Event
  • Introduction
  • 1. Gravitational-Wave Detection
  • 2. The Equinox Event: Early Days
  • 3. Resistance to Discovery
  • 4. The Equinox Event: The Middle Period
  • 5. The Hidden Histories of Statistical Tests
  • 6. The Equinox Event: The Denouement
  • 7. Gravity's Ghost
  • Envoi. Science in the Twenty-First Century
  • Postscript. Thinking after Arcadia
  • Appendix 1. The Burst Group Checklist as of October 2007
  • Appendix 2. The Arcadia Abstract
  • II. Big Dog
  • Introduction. Big Dog Barks
  • 8. Black Holes Observed?
  • 9. Evidential Culture and Time
  • 10. Time Slides and Trials Factor
  • 11. Little Dogs
  • 12. Discovery or Evidence
  • 13. Closing Arguments
  • 14. Twenty-Five Philosophical Decisions
  • 15. Arcadia. Opening the Envelope
  • Appendix 3. Parameter Estimation
  • Glossary of Tree Pseudonyms with Descriptors
  • III. The Trees and the Forest: Sociological and Methodological Reflection
  • 16. The Sociology of Knowledge and Three Waves of Science Studies
  • 17. Methodological Reflection: On Going Native
  • Appendix 4. A Sociologist Tries to Do Some Physics
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Index

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