Standardization in measurement philosophical, historical and sociological issues / edited by Oliver Schlaudt and Lara Huber.
| Other author | Schlaudt, Oliver. |
| Other author | Huber, Lara. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Pickering & Chatto, 2015. |
| Description | xiii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | History and philosophy of technoscience ; no. 7 History and philosophy of technoscience no. 7. ^A1334039 |
| Contents | 1 'A branch of human natural history' : Wittgenstein's reflections on metrology / Martin Kusch -- 2 Metrology and varieties of making in synthetic biology / Pablo Schyfter -- 3 Refrain from standards? French, cavemen and computers : a (short) story of multidimensional analysis in French prehistoric archaeology / Sébastien Plutniak -- 4 The double interpretation of the equations of physics and the quest for common meanings / Nadine de Courtenay -- 5 an overview of the current status of measurement science : from the standpoint of the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM) / Luca Mari -- 6 Can we dispense with the notion of 'true value' in metrology? / Fabien Grégis -- 7 Calibration in scientific practices which explore poorly understood phenomena or invent new instruments / Léna Soler -- 8 Time standards from acoustic to radio : the first electronic clock / Shaul Katzir -- 9 Calibrating the universe : the beginning and end of the Hubble wars / Genco Guralp -- 10 Measuring animal performance : a sociological analysis of the social construction of measurement / François Hochereau -- 11 The measure of democracy : coding in political science / Sharon Crasnow -- 12 Measuring metabolism / Elizabeth Neswald -- 13 The social construction of units of measurement : institutionalization, legitimation and maintenance in metrology / Hector Vera -- 14 A matter of size does not matter : material and institutional agencies in nanotechnology standardization / Sharon Ku and Frederick Klaessig -- 15 Measuring by which standard? how plurality challenges the ideal of epistemic singularity / Lara Huber. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| General note | "First published 2015 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited"--Title-page verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-250) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016438521 |
| ISBN | 9781848935716 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1848935714 (hardback) |
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