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Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress Paperback - 2007 - 1st Edition
by Hasok Chang
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The scientific study of heat started with the invention of the thermometer That is a well-worn cliche, but it contains enough truth to serve as the starting point of our inquiry.
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- Title Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress
- Author Hasok Chang
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, 2008. 304p. Paperback. Series: Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science. the most important book on this subject since Bridgm
- Date 2007-09-28
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780195337389 / 0195337387
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.03 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Science - Philosophy, Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012392244
- Dewey Decimal Code 536.502
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