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050	0	4	_aQC179 _b.G738 2013
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aCollins, H. M. _q(Harry M.), _d1943- _e1
245	1	0	_aGravity's ghost and big dog : _bscientific discovery and social analysis in the twenty-first century / _cHarry Collins.
250			_aEnlargedition. edition.
260			_aChicago : _bThe University of Chicago Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 377 pages) : _billustrations (black and white)
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	8		_aThis work brings to life science's efforts to detect cosmic gravitational waves. These ripples in space-time are predicted by general relativity, and their discovery will not only demonstrate the truth of Einstein's theories but also transform astronomy. Although no gravitational wave has ever been directly detected, the previous five years have been an especially exciting period in the field. Here sociologist Harry Collins offers readers an unprecedented view of gravitational wave research and explains what it means for an analyst to do work of this kind.
505	0	0	_aPreface to the Enlarged Edition; I. Gravity's Ghost: The Equinox Event; Introduction; 1. Gravitational-Wave Detection; 2. The Equinox Event: Early Days; 3. Resistance to Discovery; 4. The Equinox Event: The Middle Period; 5. The Hidden Histories of Statistical Tests; 6. The Equinox Event: The Denouement; 7. Gravity's Ghost; Envoi. Science in the Twenty-First Century; Postscript. Thinking after Arcadia; Appendix 1. The Burst Group Checklist as of October 2007; Appendix 2. The Arcadia Abstract; II. Big Dog; Introduction. Big Dog Barks; 8. Black Holes Observed?
505	0	0	_a9. Evidential Culture and Time10. Time Slides and Trials Factor; 11. Little Dogs; 12. Discovery or Evidence; 13. Closing Arguments; 14. Twenty-Five Philosophical Decisions; 15. Arcadia. Opening the Envelope; Appendix 3. Parameter Estimation; Glossary of Tree Pseudonyms with Descriptors; III. The Trees and the Forest: Sociological and Methodological Reflection; 16. The Sociology of Knowledge and Three Waves of Science Studies; 17. Methodological Reflection: On Going Native; Appendix 4. A Sociologist Tries to Do Some Physics; Acknowledgments; References; Index.
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650		0	_aGravitational waves _xResearch _xHistory.
650		0	_aGravitational waves _xExperiments.
650		0	_aScience _xSocial aspects.
650		4	_aGravitational waves _xExperiments.
650		4	_aGravitational waves _xResearch _xHistory.
650		4	_aScience _xSocial aspects.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=577543&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell