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Instruments (Hardcover, 74th)
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Instruments (Hardcover, 74th)
Series: Osiris, v. 9
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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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