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Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress by Hasok Chang (Paperback, 2008)

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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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN-13
9780195337389
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96576375

Product Key Features

Author
Hasok Chang
Publication Name
Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Science
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
234mm
Item Width
157mm
Item Weight
445g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Hasok Chang
Series Title
Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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