Inventing Temperature
Download or Read eBook Inventing Temperature PDF written by Hasok Chang and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Hasok Chang |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2004-08-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195171273 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195171276 |
Rating | : 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Inventing Temperature by : Hasok Chang
Book excerpt: 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.