Allan Franklin: 6 books

Book cover of Shifting Standards

Shifting Standards

Experiments in Particle Physics in the Twentieth Century

by Allan Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013

In Shifting Standards, Allan Franklin provides an overview of notable experiments in particle physics. Using papers published in Physical Review, the journal of the American Physical Society, as his basis, Franklin details the experiments themselves, their data collection, the events witnessed, and...
Book cover of The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force

The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force

Discovery, Pursuit, and Justification in Modern Physics

by Ephraim Fischbach, Allan Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016

This book provides the reader with a detailed and captivating account of the story where, for the first time, physicists ventured into proposing a new force of nature beyond the four known ones - the electromagnetic, weak and strong forces, and gravitation - based entirely on the reanalysis of existing...
Book cover of Are There Really Neutrinos?

Are There Really Neutrinos?

An Evidential History

by Allan Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018

This book discusses how the physics community came to know so much about the neutrino. It is designed to examine the history of the neutrino from its unsuspected beginnings in the discovery of radioactivity at the end of the nineteenth century to current experiments on the mass of the neutrino.
Book cover of Is It the 'Same' Result

Is It the 'Same' Result

Replication in Physics

by Allan Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018

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...
Book cover of Oxford Book of American Essays
by Benjamin Franklin, Francis Hopkinson, John Bull
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016

Contents The Ephemera: An Emblem Of Human Life  Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The Whistle Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Dialogue Between Franklin And The Gout Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Consolation For The Old Bachelor Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791). John Bull Washington Irving (1783-1859)....
Book cover of 31 Devotions for Writers

31 Devotions for Writers

31 Devotions, #1

by Susette Williams, Rachel Hauck, Julie Lessman
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013

Feeling discouraged and need some encouragement? Read 31 Devotions for Writers, written by published authors who want to help encourage you in your writing through God’s written Word. Writing can often be discouraging. Some writers have spouses or children who don’t understand why...
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