... that it is in the processes of successful experimentation that the resources for countering skeptical sociological relativism regarding science—it's a practice just like any other—are to be found. Taking seriously the joy of scientists when their experiments are successful is crucial to speaking well of what they do...

... It is generally accepted that the development of the modern sciences is rooted in experiment, yet for a long time experimentation did not occupy a prominent role in history of science. With the “practical turn” in science studies, the situation has changed. This chapter examines a particular...

... The appendix describes an apparatus set up by Galileo in 1608 to measure velocity, a necessary step in proving that the Earth is in motion, rotating on its own axis while circling the Sun. Stengers explores how what was “perhaps the first experimental demonstration” worked, and she argues...

...Introduction to Experimental Ethnography ...