[HN Gopher] The Craft of Experimental Physics (2015)
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       The Craft of Experimental Physics (2015)
        
       Author : mdturnerphys
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2023-09-02 03:58 UTC (19 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.jameshedberg.com)
        
       | trust_bt_verify wrote:
       | Previous discussion: -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25876989 - Jan 21 - 1
       | comment
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Yup, we invited the repost because it looked like a good
         | article for HN and hadn't gotten much attention.
         | 
         | There's a saga behind this -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37364619 if anyone's
         | interested...
        
       | bmikkelsen wrote:
       | Such an engaging read. Someone recently posted how utterly
       | maddening it was as a physicist to identify and fix leaks. Wish I
       | could find that comment again.
        
         | dang wrote:
         | I think we put that one in
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights if anyone can find it
         | there...
         | 
         | Edit: ah yes - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36812285
         | (July 2023)
        
       | yodon wrote:
       | I'm not able to find a copy online but the 1933 book this article
       | discusses is truly amazing. Full of techniques for fabricating
       | all sorts of things. If you consider yourself a maker you want to
       | read the book.
        
         | cshimmin wrote:
         | What's the title of the book?
        
           | yodon wrote:
           | From the second sentence of the article, The Craft of
           | Experimental Physics, by P.M.S. Blackett.
        
             | gtsnexp wrote:
             | That seems to be the title of the essay, not the book in
             | which it was printed
        
         | bramblerose wrote:
         | There is a link to a scan at the bottom of the article
         | (although it currently doesn't load for me)
        
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