Inventing Temperature - 9780195337389

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.

• | By (Author): Hasok (Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London) Chang
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• | Publication Date: Feb 07, 2008
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
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• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0195337387
• | ISBN-13: 9780195337389