Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress
Awards:   Winner of Lakatos Prize 2006 Winner of Lakatos Prize 2006. Winner of Winner of the Lakatos Prize in the Philosophy of Science, 2006.
Author:   Hasok Chang (Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780195337389


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   07 February 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Awards

  • Winner of Lakatos Prize 2006
  • Winner of Lakatos Prize 2006.
  • Winner of Winner of the Lakatos Prize in the Philosophy of Science, 2006.

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Author:   Hasok Chang (Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780195337389


ISBN 10:   0195337387
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   07 February 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chronology: 1: Keeping the Fixed Points Fixed 2: Spirit, Air, and Quicksilver 3: To Go Beyond 4: Theory, Measurement, and Absolute Temperature 5: Measurement, Justification, and Scientific Progress

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the most important book on this subject since Bridgman's classic work of 1927... Chang's book should become mandatory reading for anyone who wants to pursue the problem of measurement further. Donald Gillies, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science


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

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