Hasok Chang (Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology S

Inventing Temperature

Measurement and Scientific Progress

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780195337389
• ISBN-10: 0195337387
• Artikelnr.: 23072407

Autorenporträt

Hasok Chang is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science at University College London.

Inhaltsangabe

* * 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