Standardization in measurement : philosophical, historical and sociological issues / / edited by Oliver Schlaudt and Lara Huber |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] ; ; Brookfield, Vermont : , : Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
Disciplina | 620.0044 |
Collana | History and Philosophy of Technoscience |
Soggetto topico |
Measurement - Data processing
Measurement - Standards |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-317-31669-X
1-78144-803-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figure and Tables; Introduction - Lara Huber and Oliver Schlaudt; 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 Mari6 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 Hochereau11 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 HuberNotes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463637403321 |
London, [England] ; ; Brookfield, Vermont : , : Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Standardization in measurement [[e-book] ] : philosophical, historical and sociological issues / / edited by Oliver Schlaudt and Lara Huber |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] ; ; Brookfield, Vermont : , : Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
Disciplina | 620.0044 |
Collana | History and Philosophy of Technoscience |
Soggetto topico |
Measurement - Data processing
Measurement - Standards |
ISBN |
1-315-65364-8
1-317-31669-X 1-78144-803-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figure and Tables; Introduction - Lara Huber and Oliver Schlaudt; 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 Mari6 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 Hochereau11 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 HuberNotes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788124403321 |
London, [England] ; ; Brookfield, Vermont : , : Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Standardization in measurement [[e-book] ] : philosophical, historical and sociological issues / / edited by Oliver Schlaudt and Lara Huber |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] ; ; Brookfield, Vermont : , : Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
Disciplina | 620.0044 |
Collana | History and Philosophy of Technoscience |
Soggetto topico |
Measurement - Data processing
Measurement - Standards |
ISBN |
1-315-65364-8
1-317-31669-X 1-78144-803-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figure and Tables; Introduction - Lara Huber and Oliver Schlaudt; 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 Mari6 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 Hochereau11 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 HuberNotes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813279103321 |
London, [England] ; ; Brookfield, Vermont : , : Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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