Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science)
by Hasok Chang
A philosophical study of how scientists established temperature measurement and the conceptual challenges that shaped scientific progress.
About This Book
This book examines the conceptual and practical challenges involved in establishing temperature as a measurable scientific quantity.
It explores the historical development of thermometry and the philosophical questions that arose during the creation of reliable temperature scales.
The work highlights how scientific progress often depends on solving foundational measurement problems.
Readers will gain insight into the interplay between empirical observation and theoretical advancement in the physical sciences.
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