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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Inventing Temperature
Author: Hasok Chang
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198038240
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
What is temperature, and how can we measure it correctly? These may seem like simple questions, but the most renowned scientists struggled with them throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. In Inventing Temperature, 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. In a discussion that brings together the history of science with the philosophy of science, Chang presents the simple eet challenging epistemic and technical questions about these instruments, and the complex web of abstract philosophical issues surrounding them. Chang's book shows that many items of knowledge that we take for granted now are in fact spectacular achievements, obtained only after a great deal of innovative thinking, painstaking experiments, bold conjectures, and controversy. Lurking behind these achievements are some very important philosophical questions about how and when people accept the authority of science.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198038240
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
What is temperature, and how can we measure it correctly? These may seem like simple questions, but the most renowned scientists struggled with them throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. In Inventing Temperature, 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. In a discussion that brings together the history of science with the philosophy of science, Chang presents the simple eet challenging epistemic and technical questions about these instruments, and the complex web of abstract philosophical issues surrounding them. Chang's book shows that many items of knowledge that we take for granted now are in fact spectacular achievements, obtained only after a great deal of innovative thinking, painstaking experiments, bold conjectures, and controversy. Lurking behind these achievements are some very important philosophical questions about how and when people accept the authority of science.
The Elements of Physics
Author: Silas Ellsworth Coleman
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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Treatise on Heat
Author: Dionysius Lardner
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Category : Heat
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Category : Heat
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 886
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 886
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382507684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382507684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards
Author: United States. National Bureau of Standards
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Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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A Treatise on Chemistry
Author: Henry Enfield Roscoe
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Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Evolution of the International Practical Temperature Scale of 1968
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Publisher: ASTM International
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Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Publisher: ASTM International
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Languages : en
Pages : 102
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NBS Special Publication
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Ice and Refrigeration
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Category : Cold storage
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Category : Cold storage
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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