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100	1		_aSchlaudt, Oliver.
245	1	0	_aStandardization in Measurement : _bPhilosophical, Historical and Sociological Issues.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bTaylor & Francis Group, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_a1 online resource (271 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aHistory and Philosophy of Technoscience Series
505	0		_aCover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Part I: Making the Field -- 1 'A Branch of Human Natural History': Wittgenstein's Reflections on Metrology -- 2 Metrology and Varieties of Making in Synthetic Biology -- 3 Refrain from Standards? French, Cavemen and Computers: A (Short) Story of Multidimensional Analysis in French Prehistoric Archaeology -- Part II: Standardizing and Representing -- 4 The Double Interpretation of the Equations of Physics and the Quest for Common Meanings -- 5 An Overview of the Current Status of Measurement Science: From the Standpoint of the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM) -- 6 Can We Dispense with the Notion of 'True Value' in Metrology? -- Part III: Calibration - Accessing Precision from Within -- 7 Calibration in Scientific Practices which Explore Poorly Understood Phenomena or Invent New Instruments -- 8 Time Standards from Acoustic to Radio: The First Electronic Clock -- 9 Calibrating the Universe: The Beginning and End of the Hubble Wars -- Part IV: The Apparatus of Commensurability -- 10 Measuring Animal Performance: A Sociological Analysis of the Social Construction of Measurement -- 11 The Measure of Democracy: Coding in Political Science -- 12 Measuring Metabolism -- Part V: Standards and Power - The Question of Authority -- 13 The Social Construction of Units of Measurement: Institutionalization, Legitimation and Maintenance in Metrology -- 14 A Matter of Size Does Not Matter: Material and Institutional Agencies in Nanotechnology Standardization -- 15 Measuring by which Standard? How Plurality Challenges the Ideal of Epistemic Singularity -- Notes -- Index.
520			_aThe application of standard measurement is a cornerstone of modern science. In this collection of essays, standardization of procedure, units of measurement and the epistemology of standardization are addressed by specialists from sociology, history and the philosophy of science.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aMeasurement - Standards.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aHuber, Lara.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aSchlaudt, Oliver _tStandardization in Measurement _dOxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2015 _z9781848935716
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aHistory and Philosophy of Technoscience Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2033489 _zClick to View
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