Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things

This open access book provides a historical treatment of scientific control in experimentation in the longue durée. The introduction distinguishes four related strands in the history of experimental control: the development of practices to stabilize experimental conditions; the career of the compara...

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Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things
title Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things
title_full Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things
title_fullStr Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things
title_full_unstemmed Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things
title_short Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things
title_sort elusive phenomena unwieldy things
topic Control experiment
History of experimental practice
History of life sciences
History of physical sciences
History of philosophy of science
visions on experimentation
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