Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science)

By Hasok Chang.

Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science)

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 s...

ISBN(s)

0195337387, 9780195337389

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