books.google.co.uk - What is required for something to be evidence for a hypothesis? In this fascinating, elegantly written work, distinguished philosopher of science Peter Achinstein explores this question, rejecting typical philosophical and statistical theories of evidence. He claims these theories are much too weak to...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Book_of_Evidence.html?id=cZHflkcvCEUC&q=cathode+rays&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Book of Evidence