Inventing Temperature —— Measurement and Scientific Progress

----- 发明温度：测量与科学进步

ISBN: 9780195171273 出版年：2005 页码：305 Chang, Hasok Oxford University Press

In Inventing Temperature, Chang takes a historical and philosophical approach to examine how scientists were able to use scientific method to test the reliability of thermometers; how they measured temperature beyond the reach of thermometers; and how they came to measure the reliability and accuracy of these instruments without a circular reliance on the instruments themselves. Chang discusses simple epistemic and technical questions about these instruments, which in turn lead to more complex issues about the solutions that were developed.