Physicists on physics
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Education
- Vol. 15 (1) , 3-20
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079012331377561
Abstract
This paper offers an ethnographic account of the community of academic physicists. It seeks, on the basis of interviews with key informants, to construct a picture of what physics is like as a discipline; what features of its epistemology serve to differentiate it from other disciplines; and what characterises the disciplinary community itself, in terms of its career structure, value-system and preferred modes of communication. In conclusion, an attempt is made to identify the physicist's world-view.Keywords
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