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Standardization in Measurement: Philosophical, Historical and Sociological Issues [Kõva köide]

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  • Formaat: Hardback, 272 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 544 g
  • Sari: History and Philosophy of Technoscience
  • Ilmumisaeg: 09-Jul-2015
  • Kirjastus: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1848935714
  • ISBN-13: 9781848935716
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 272 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 544 g
  • Sari: History and Philosophy of Technoscience
  • Ilmumisaeg: 09-Jul-2015
  • Kirjastus: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1848935714
  • ISBN-13: 9781848935716
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Märksõnad:
The application of standard measurement is a cornerstone of modern science. In this collection of essays, standardization of procedure, units of measurement and the epistemology of standardization are addressed by specialists from sociology, history and the philosophy of science.
List of Contributors
vii
List of Figures and Tables
xiii
Introduction 1(10)
Lara Huber
Oliver Schlaudt
Part I Making the Field
1 `A Branch of Human Natural History': Wittgenstein's Reflections on Metrology
11(14)
Martin Kusch
2 Metrology and Varieties of Making in Synthetic Biology
25(14)
Pablo Schyfter
3 Refrain from Standards? French, Cavemen and Computers: A (Short) Story of Multidimensional Analysis in French Prehistoric Archaeology
39(14)
Sebastien Plutniak
Part II Standardizing and Representing
4 The Double Interpretation of the Equations of Physics and the Quest for Common Meanings
53(16)
Nadine de Courtenay
5 An Overview of the Current Status of Measurement Science: From the Standpoint of the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM)
69(12)
Luca Mari
6 Can We Dispense with the Notion of `True Value' in Metrology?
81(14)
Fabien Gregis
Part III Calibration -- Accessing Precision from Within
7 Calibration in Scientific Practices which Explore Poorly Understood Phenomena or Invent New Instruments
95(16)
Lena Soler
8 Time Standards from Acoustic to Radio: The First Electronic Clock
111(14)
Shaul Katzir
9 Calibrating the Universe: The Beginning and End of the Hubble Wars
125(14)
Genco Guralp
Part IV The Apparatus of Commensurability
10 Measuring Animal Performance: A Sociological Analysis of the Social Construction of Measurement
139(10)
Francois Hochereau
11 The Measure of Democracy: Coding in Political Science
149(12)
Sharon Crasnow
12 Measuring Metabolism
161(12)
Elizabeth Neswald
Part V Standards and Power -- The Question of Authority
13 The Social Construction of Units of Measurement: Institutionalization, Legitimation and Maintenance in Metrology
173(16)
Hector Vera
14 A Matter of Size Does Not Matter: Material and Institutional Agencies in Nanotechnology Standardization
189(18)
Sharon Ku
Frederick Klaessig
15 Measuring by which Standard? How Plurality Challenges the Ideal of Epistemic Singularity
207(10)
Lara Huber
Notes 217(34)
Index 251
Oliver Schlaudt, Lara Huber