Chapter ID: CBB000071447

Is the identification of experimental error contextually dependent? The case of Kaufmann's experiment and its varied reception (1995)

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Description “Hon, Giora proposes that the identification or recognition of error--in particular, experimental error--may be just as elusive as positive knowledge. Kaufmann's experiments claimed to refute both Lorentz's theory of the electron and Einstein's relativity theory. These theories seemed to confirm instead the classical analysis of Abraham and Bucherer. Hon presents the experiments in some detail and reports the reactions of Poincaré, Einstein, and Lorentz.” From the abstract.


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Authors & Contributors
Zahar, Elie G.
Galison, Peter Louis
Weinstein, Galina
Giannini, Giulia
Schatz, Ad Maas Henriëtte
Snelders, Henricus Adrianus Marie
Concepts
Relativity
Physics
Electron physics; ionization
Petrography
Historiography
Speed of light
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Early modern
Modern
Renaissance
Places
Netherlands
North America
Japan
Italy
Europe
China
Institutions
International Council of Scientific Unions
Universiteit Utrecht
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