Allan Franklin
Experimental physicist turned philosopher of science who has written extensively about the Rustad-Ruby experiment
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1986 | Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, vol. 1986 | Allan Franklin | Experiment and the Development of the Theory of Weak Interactions: Fermi’s Theory | Franklin's detailed study of theoretical errors in understanding of beta decay. |
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1990 | Allan Franklin | Experiment Right or Wrong | The first half of the book recounts the history of theory and experiments about beta decay and the weak interaction, including detailed analysis of the Rustad-Ruby experimental error. |
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October 5, 1998 | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | Allan Franklin | Appendix 8: The Articulation of Theory: Weak Interactions | Appendix of Franklin's encyclopedia article Experiment in Physics that reviews the historical context and circumstances of the Rustad-Ruby experiment. Succinct version of his longer history in Experiment Right or Wrong. This is the article from which I first learned of RR. |
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October 5, 1998 | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | Allan Franklin | Experiment in Physics | ||
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July 2005 | Scientific Values and Civic Virtues | Allan Franklin | The Rise and Fall of Emil Konopinski's Theory of Beta Decay | Franklin's study of the K-U modification of the Fermi theory, and its eventual reversal—a theoretical error that preceded the RR experimental error in the history of beta decay research. |
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June 19, 2008 | Physics in Perspective | Allan Franklin | Are the Laws of Physics Inevitable? | Franklin's argument against social constructionism in the scientific process uses the history of beta decay theory and experiment as a case study for empiricism. Despite a series of scientific errors, including RR, the underlying physical truth was finally revealed. |
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May 12, 2020 | American Institute of Physics Oral History Archive | Interviewed by: David Zierler | Allan Franklin Oral History | Focus on Franklin’s early career and highlights of his later writings. Includes anecdotes about his undergraduate experience working with Gene Commins on RR-related experiment. There is one great quote but not enough depth about experimental error. |
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| Cambridge University Press | The Neglect of Experiment | |||||
| University of Pittsburgh Press | Ending the Mendel-Fisher Controversy | |||||
| Do Mutants Have to be Slain, or Do They Die of Natural Causes? | ||||||
| The appearance and disappearance of the 27-keV neutrino | ||||||
| Physical Review Letters | Measurement of the KL0~ 7r'7I 7ro Dalitz Plot | |||||
| Physical Review | Scattering of Antineutrons by Protons | |||||
| Perspectives on Science | Gravity Waves and Neutrinos: The Later Work of Joseph Weber | |||||
| Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. | Selectivity and the Production of Experimental Results | |||||
| Spontaneous Generations | The Machine Speaks Falsely | |||||
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1990 | Allan Franklin | Experiment Right or Wrong | The first half of the book recounts the history of theory and experiments about beta decay and the weak interaction, including detailed analysis of the Rustad-Ruby experimental error. |
