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Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science) - Hardcover
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In Inventing Temperature, Chang takes a historical and philosophical approach to examine how scientists were able to use scientific method to test the reliability of thermometers; how they measured temperature beyond the reach of thermometers; and how they came to measure the reliability and accuracy of these instruments without a circular reliance on the instruments themselves. Chang discusses simple epistemic and technical questions about these instruments, which in turn lead to more complex issues about the solutions that were developed.
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Hasok Chang is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science at University College London.
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