Defining and Measuring Nature: The Make of All ThingsMorgan & Claypool Publishers, 1 de març 2014 - 132 pàgines Weights and measures form an essential part of our ingrained view of the world. It is just about impossible to function effectively without some internalized system of measurement. In this volume, I outline a history of the science of measurement, and the |
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Introduction | |
Measurement in the Early Modern Period | |
Falling Outof Favour With the Metric System | |
Measurement in the Age of Scientific Certainty | |
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