Hasok Chang: Inventing Temperature

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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 yet 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.

Über den Autor

Hasok Chang is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science at University College London.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Keeping the Fixed Points Fixed2: Spirit, Air, and Quicksilver3: To Go Beyond4: Theory, Measurement, and Absolute Temperature5: Measurement, Justification, and Scientific Progress

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780195337389
ISBN-10:	0195337387
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Chang, Hasok
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Hasok Chang
Erscheinungsdatum:	07.02.2008
Gewicht:	0,5 kg