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Overview"There was once a time when we could not measure sound, color, blood pressure, or even time. We now find ourselves in the throes of a measurement revolution, from the laboratory to the sports arena, from the classroom to the courtroom, from a strand of DNA to the far reaches of outer space. Measurement controls our lives at work, at school, at home, and even at play. But does all this measurement really measure up? Here, John Henshaw examines the ways in which measurement makes sense or creates nonsense. Henshaw tells the controversial story of intelligence measurement from Plato to Binet to the early days of the SAT to today's super-quantified world of No Child Left Behind. He clears away the fog on issues of measurement in the environment, such as global warming, hurricanes, and tsunamis, and in the world of computers, from digital photos to MRI to the ballot systems used in Florida during the 2000 presidential election. From cycling and car racing to baseball, tennis, and track-and-field, he chronicles the ever-growing role of measurement in sports, raising important questions about performance and the folly of comparing today's athletes to yesterday's records. We can't quite measure everything, at least not yet. What could be more difficult to quantify than reasonable doubt? However, even our justice system is yielding to the measurement revolution with new forensic technologies such as DNA fingerprinting. As we evolve from unquantified ignorance to an imperfect but everpresent state of measured awareness, Henshaw gives us a critical perspective from which we can ""measure up"" the measurements that have come to affect our lives so greatly." Full Product DetailsAuthor: John M. Henshaw (Harry H. Rogers Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Department Chair, University of Tulsa)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780801883750ISBN 10: 080188375 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 30 June 2006 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Of Love and Luminescene: What, Why, and How Things Get Measured 2. Doing the Math: Scales, Standards, and Some Beautiful Measurements 3. The Ratings Game: ''Overall'' Measurements and Rankings 4. Measurement in Business: What Gets Measured Gets Done 5. Games of Inches: Sports and Measurement 6. Measuring the Mind: Intelligence, Biology, and Education 7. Man: The Measure of All Things 8. It's Not Just the Heat, it's the Humidity: Global Warming and Environmental Measurement 9. Garbage In, Garbage Out: The Computer and Measurement 10. How Funny Is That? Knowledge Without Measurement? 11. Faith, Hope, and Love: The Future of Measuremen—and of Knowledget References IndexReviews<p>Henshaw has a remarkable ability to explain complex mathematics in a manner accessible to general readers.--Judy Randle Tulsa World (01/01/2006) <p> Henshaw has a remarkable ability to explain complex mathematics in a manner accessible to general readers. -- Judy Randle, Tulsa World Author InformationJohn M. Henshaw is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Tulsa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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