{"product_id":"constructing-quarks-a-sociological-history-of-particle-physics-paperback","title":"Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Pickering\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely regarded as a classic in its field, \u003ci\u003eConstructing Quarks\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the history of the post-war conceptual development of elementary-particle physics. Inviting a reappraisal of the status of scientific knowledge, Andrew Pickering suggests that scientists are not mere passive observers and reporters of nature. Rather they are social beings as well as active constructors of natural phenomena who engage in both experimental and theoretical practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A prodigious piece of scholarship that I can heartily recommend.\"--Michael Riordan, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An admirable history. . . . Detailed and so accurate.\"--Hugh N. Pendleton, \u003ci\u003ePhysics Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Pickering\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of sociology, criticism, and interpretive theory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mangle of Practice: Time, Agency, and Science\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eScience as Practice and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 475\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52759638016307,"sku":"9780226667997","price":89.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MlFqRXNrUkRWN0JwYkNuTXBBc2ZQdz09.webp?v=1764464438","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/constructing-quarks-a-sociological-history-of-particle-physics-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}