Osiris, Volume 9: Instruments (OSIRIS: SECOND SERIES, Band 9) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226848841 ISBN 13: 9780226848846

Verlag: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

They measure, they demonstrate, they reveal unseen worlds. Through the ages, scientific instruments have been used not only to advance understanding, but also to advance careers, dazzle audiences, and impose standards. These eleven essays take stock of the philosophy of instrumentation and the impact of new instruments in both the physical and life sciences, carefully considering the important interplay between instruments and authority, audience, and culture.

Contributors include Albert Van Helden on telescopes and authority, Jan Golinski on the demonstrative order of proof in Lavoisier's chemistry, Bruce J. Hunt on the development of electrical standards, Deborah Warner on terrestrial magnetism, Bruce Hevly on Stanford's supervoltage X-ray tube, Robert W. Smith and Jose h N. Tatarewicz on devices and black boxes, Thatcher Deane on the imperial astronomical bureau in the Ming dynasty, Thomas L. Hankins on Louis-Bertrand Castel's ocular harpsichord, Simon Schaffer on demonstration devices in Georgian mechanics, Timothy Lenoir on Helmholtz and the materialities of communication, and Robert Frank on instruments, biological techniques, and the "all-or-none" principle.

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Albert Van Helden is professor of history at Rice University and the author of The Invention of the Telescope.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0226848841
• ISBN 13: 9780226848846
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 225
• Herausgeber: Helden Albert Van, Hankins Thomas L.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: The University of Chicago Press; https://press.uchicago.edu/index.html; ; 5801 S. Ellis Avenue; Chicago; IL; 60637; USA
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