Inventing temperature: measurement and scientific progress
Auteur :
Chang, Hasok
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195171273
Date de publication :
15 juil. 2004
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
621 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.