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Inventing temperature : measurement and scientific progress /

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The author presents simple yet challenging epistemic and technical questions about temperature-measuring instruments, and the complex web of abstract philosophical issues surrounding them. He also shows that many items of knowledge we take for granted are in fact spectacular achievements obtained af...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chang, Hasok
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2004.
Series:Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
Subjects:
Temperature measurements > History.
Thermometers > History.
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
Science > Philosophy.
Thermométrie > Histoire.
Thermomètres > Histoire.
Interdisciplinarité.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > Thermodynamics.
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
Science > Philosophy
Temperature measurements
Thermometers
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The author presents simple yet challenging epistemic and technical questions about temperature-measuring instruments, and the complex web of abstract philosophical issues surrounding them. He also shows that many items of knowledge we take for granted are in fact spectacular achievements obtained after a great deal of innovative thinking.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index.
ISBN:1423756444
9781423756446
0195171276
9780195171273
9780199835003
0199835004
9780198038245
0198038240
9780199883691
0199883696