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Doing Much about Nothing (2004)

Franklin, Allan D. (Author)

Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Volume: 58
Pages: 323--379

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Experiments and experimentation Research methods Explanation; hypotheses; theories Research design Scientific apparatus and instruments Physics 19th century 20th century Michelson, Albert Abraham Morley, Edward Williams

Description This paper looks at the Michelson-Morley experiment as well as others in the history of modern physics to understand better how null results of experiments have been treated.

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