Inventing temperature : measurement and scientific progress (Record no. 34024)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780195337389 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 536.5 |
| Item number | CHA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chang, Hasok |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Inventing temperature : measurement and scientific progress |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2004 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Oxford : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvii, 286 p. ; |
| Other physical details | ill., |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 55.00 |
| Price type code | $ |
| Unit of pricing | 86.80 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index.<br/> |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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 eighteenth and nineteenth 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.--BOOK JACKET. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Temperature measurements |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Thermometer |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | DAU | DAU | 07/08/2025 | KB | 4774.00 | 536.5 CHA | 036085 | 12/08/2025 | Books |