[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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