To do a history of science, ask a historian who is also a scientist

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A review of How Experiments End by Peter Galison

It seems so obvious in hindsight, but most things do. If you want a really good history of science, you need a historian who is also a scientist. Galison fits the bill; he has PhDs in both physics and history. How Experiments End is, as such, the finest history of science I've ever read.

Unlike most historians who write about science, Galison has the proper respect for science. He appreciates how reason and evidence reall...