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Is It the 'Same' Result - Replication in Physics (Hardcover)
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Is It the 'Same' Result - Replication in Physics (Hardcover)
Series: IOP Concise Physics
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Replication, the independent confirmation of experimental results
and conclusions, is regarded as the "gold standard" in science.
This book examines the question of successful or failed
replications and demonstrates that that question is not always easy
to answer. It presents clear examples of successful replications,
the discoveries of the Higgs boson and of gravity waves. Failed
replications include early experiments on the Fifth Force, a
proposed modification of Newton's Law of universal gravitation, and
the measurements of "G," the constant in that law. Other case
studies illustrate some of the difficulties and complexities in
deciding whether a replication is successful or failed. It also
discusses how that question has been answered. These studies
include the "discovery" of the pentaquark in the early 2000s and
the continuing search for neutrinoless double beta decay. It argues
that although successful replication is the goal of scientific
experimentation, it is not always easily achieved.
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