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Peter Galison

Image and Logic

A Material Culture of Microphysics

982 pages, 85 halftones, 113 line drawings  6 x 9  © 1997

Paper $55.00

ISBN: 9780226279176   Published October 1997

List of Figures
Preface
1: Introduction: Image and Logic
2: Cloud Chambers: The Peculiar Genius of British Physics
3: Nuclear Emulsions: The Anxiety of the Experimenter
4: Laboratory War: Radar Philosophy and the Los Alamos Man
5: Bubble Chambers: Factories of Physics
6: The Electronic Image: Iconoclasm and the New Icons
7: Time Projection Chambers: An Image Falling through Space
8: Monte Carlo Simulations: Artificial Reality
9: The Trading Zone: Coordinating Action and Belief
Abbreviations for Archival Sources
Bibliography
Index
Awards
  • Pfizer Award for a Distinguished Book in the History of
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