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Inventing Temperature

by Hasok Chang

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First published: 2004
Pages: 462

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'Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress' is a fascinating discovery of how scientists grappled with questions about temperature measurement during the 18th and 19th centuries. Chang analyzes the creation of thermometers, methods for measuring temperature beyond standard instruments, and the intricate balance between reliability and accuracy.

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Hasok Chang

Hasok Chang is a historian and philosopher of science whose research asks how scientific knowledge is established, corrected, and extended through practice. He is the Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge and works especially on measurement, evidence, realism, pluralism, chemistry, and physics.

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