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Why the ‘iron apparatus’ of the scientific method counts for more than any single genius.
‘An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump’ (1768) by Joseph Wright of Derby.
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By
Christoph Irmscher
Dec. 18, 2020 6:22 pm ET
Among the missed opportunities in my life, the elaborate physics kit my parents gave me for my 10th birthday reigns supreme. Intimidated by the sheer number of parts, I never performed any of the experiments, but I remember being mightily pleased with the manual that came with it, a spiral-bound paean to the rigors of scientific tinkering.
Memories of that pleasure came flooding back to me as I was reading Michael Strevens’s riveting book “The Knowledge Machine.” A philosopher of science at New York University, Mr. Strevens doesn’t hide his light under a bushel. “In this book,” he tells us, “you will di ....

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