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 18th and 19th 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 eet 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.
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Chang靠這書拿瞭2004的Lakatos Award. 這個纔是History *AND* Philosophy of Science的魅力所在...~
评分Chang靠這書拿瞭2004的Lakatos Award. 這個纔是History *AND* Philosophy of Science的魅力所在...~
评分Chang靠這書拿瞭2004的Lakatos Award. 這個纔是History *AND* Philosophy of Science的魅力所在...~
评分寫得太精彩瞭，改變瞭我對測量單位、物理常數以及 HPS 裏的 H 的看法
评分寫得太精彩瞭，改變瞭我對測量單位、物理常數以及 HPS 裏的 H 的看法
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