The mathematics of measurement : a critical history
Print Book, English, 1998
Athlone Press ; Sole distributor in the USA, Canada, and Mexico by Springer-Verlag, London, New York, 1998
History
x, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780485114737, 9780387915814, 0485114739, 0387915818
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The emergence of the practical conception of number
Early scientific metrology and quantitative laws
Early applications of geometry and proportion
The progress of quantification
Arithmetical algebra and symbolic geometry
Algebra in physics in the Seventeenth century
Mathematics in Eighteenth-century exact science
The metric reform and the units of physics
Absolute quantification in electricity and magnetism
Dimensional analysis and the quantity calculus
Dimensional exploration
Interpreting the algebra of physics
Appendix: Units in the Système International