Mitchell, Daniel Jon (Author)
Tal, Eran (Author)
Chang, Hasok (Author)
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Volume: 65-66
Pages: 1-7
Edition Details: Special Issue: The Making of Measurement
Language: English
This special issue consists of selected papers arising from the interdisciplinary conference “The Making of Measurement” held at the University of Cambridge on 23–24 July 2015. In this introduction, we seek ways to further productive interactions among historical, philosophical, and sociological approaches to the study of measurement without attempting to lay out a prescriptive program for a field of “measurement studies.” We ask where science studies has led us, and answer: from the function to the making of measurement. We discuss whether there is anything privileged or exemplary about physical measurement, and alight upon models and metrology, two particular focuses of enquiry that emerge from our selection of papers. Those papers with a historical dimension complement an already well-developed body of historiography applied to measurement and metrology.
...MoreArticle Klaus Ruthenberg; Hasok Chang (2017) Acidity: Modes of Characterization and Quantification. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (pp. 121-131).
Article Teru Miyake (2017) Magnitude, Moment, and Measurement: The Seismic Mechanism Controversy and Its Resolution. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (pp. 112-120).
Article Daniel Jon Mitchell (2017) What's Nu? A Re-Examination of Maxwell's ‘Ratio-of-Units’ Argument, from the Mechanical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field to ‘On the Elementary Relations Between Electrical Measurements’. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (pp. 87-98).
Article Isobel Falconer (2017) No Actual Measurement … Was Required: Maxwell and Cavendish's Null Method for the Inverse Square Law of Electrostatics. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (pp. 74-86).
Article Terry Quinn (2017) From Artefacts to Atoms - A New SI for 2018 to Be Based on Fundamental Constants. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (pp. 8-20).
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