The mystery of perception and order
The idea of replication
Replicating the TEA-laser : maintaining scientific knowledge
Detecting gravitational radiation : the experimenters' regress
Some experiments in the paranormal
The scientist in the network : a sociological resolution of the problem of inductive inference
Science as expertise

This work in the sociology of science explores the way scientists conduct, and draw conclusions from, their experiments. The book is organized around three case studies: replication of the TEA-laser, detecting gravitational radiation, and experiments in the paranormal. Through detailed descriptions of these projects, Collins shows what it is like to try to reproduce results in a laboratory. In his new Afterword, Collins places Changing Order in the context of some of the more obstinate debates of the last few years within the sociology of scientific knowledge. H. M. Collins is the director of the Science Studies Unit at the University of Bath