Inventing Temperature - Measurement and Scientific Progress

Zusatztext the most important book on this subject since Bridgman's classic work of 1927... Chang's book should become mandatory reading for anyone who wants to pursue the problem of measurement further. Informationen zum Autor Hasok Chang is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science at University College London. Klappentext Chang examines how scientists first created thermometers; how they measured temperature beyond the reach of standard thermometers; and how they managed to assess the reliability and accuracy of these instruments without a circular reliance on the instruments themselves. Zusammenfassung Chang examines how scientists first created thermometers; how they measured temperature beyond the reach of standard thermometers; and how they managed to assess the reliability and accuracy of these instruments without a circular reliance on the instruments themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Keeping the Fixed Points Fixed 2: Spirit, Air, and Quicksilver 3: To Go Beyond 4: Theory, Measurement, and Absolute Temperature 5: Measurement, Justification, and Scientific Progress

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Hasok Chang, Hasok (Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies Chang, Chang Hasok
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.09.2007
• EAN: 9780195337389
• ISBN: 978-0-19-533738-9
• Seiten: 304
• Abmessung: 155 mm x 231 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: Print On Demand; Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science; Print on demand; Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science; Oxford Studies in Philosophy o
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science