Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress by Hasok Chang

Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress

Hasok Chang

304 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science informative slow-paced
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What is temperature, and how can we measure it correctly? These may seem like simple questions, but the most renowned scientists struggled with them throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. In Inventing Temperature, Chang examines how scientists fi...

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