Inventing Temperature - Measurement and Scientific Progress

Zusatztext [A] fascinating study Informationen zum Autor Hasok Chang is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science at University College London. Klappentext In Inventing Temperature, Chang takes a historical and philosophical approach to examine how scientists were able to use scientific method to test the reliability of thermometers; how they measured temperature beyond the reach of thermometers; and how they came to measure the reliability and accuracy of these instruments without a circular reliance on the instruments themselves. Zusammenfassung Takes a historical and philosophical approach to examine how scientists were able to use scientific methods to test the reliability of thermometers; how they measured temperature beyond the reach of thermometers; and how they came to measure the reliability and accuracy of these instruments without a circular reliance on the instruments.

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• Authors: Hasok Chang, Hasok (Lecturer in the Department of Scienc Chang
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2004
• EAN: 9780195171273
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517127-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science; Oxford Studies in Philosophy o; Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science; Oxford Studies in Philosophy o
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)