Inventing temperature measurement and scientific progress
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2004, 2004
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| Series: | Oxford studies in philosophy of science / Oxford studies in philosophy of science
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 286 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780199835003 0199835004 |