Going Amiss in Experimental Research

IntroductionGiora Hon, Jutta Schickore, and Friedrich Steinle Error as an object of studyGiora HonError: The long neglect, the one-sided view, and a typology Jutta SchickoreError as historiographical challenge: The infamous globule hypothesis Learning from errorErez Braun and Shimon MaromLearning without error Giora HonLiving extremely flat: the life of automaton; John von Neumann's conception of error of (in)animate systems Concepts and dead endsHans-Jörg RheinbergerExperimental reorientations Kärin Nickelsen and Gerd GraßhoffConcepts from the bench: Krebs and the Urea cycle Friedrich SteinleHow experiments make concepts fail: Faraday and magnetic curves Kostas Gavroglu A pioneer who never got it right: James Dewar and the elusive phenomena of cold Instrumental artifactsWendy ParkerDistinguishing real results from instrumental artifacts: The case of the missing rain Jan FrercksGoing right and making it wrong: The reception of Fizeau's ether-drift experiment of 1859 Allan FranklinThe spectrum of ß decay: continuous or discrete? A variety of errors in experimental investigation Surprise and puzzlementChristoph HoffmannThe scent of filth: Experiments, waste, and the set-up Ursula KleinIn the thick of organic matter EpilogueGiora Hon, Jutta Schickore, and Friedrich Steinle