Experiment, right or wrong

Abstract

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Experiment and the Development of the Theory of Weak Interactions: From Fermi to V-A: 1. Fermi's theory 2. Toward a universal Fermi interaction muons and pions 3. Beta-decay theory following World War II 4. The discovery of parity nonconversation 5. The V-A theory of weak interactions and its acceptance Part II. Toward a Philosophy of Experiment: 6. Experimental results 7. The roles of experiment 8. Do mutants have to be slain, or do they die of natural causes? The case of atomic parity-violation experiments Conclusion Appendix References Index.