--- product_id: 6320546 title: "Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science)" brand: "hasok chang" price: "KD 20.27" currency: KWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/6320546-inventing-temperature-measurement-and-scientific-progress-oxford-studies-in-philosophy store_origin: KW region: Kuwait --- # Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science) **Brand:** hasok chang **Price:** KD 20.27 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science) by hasok chang - **How much does it cost?** KD 20.27 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.kw](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/6320546-inventing-temperature-measurement-and-scientific-progress-oxford-studies-in-philosophy) ## Best For - hasok chang enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted hasok chang brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science) ## Images ![Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71CvV-cfdyL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant work *by L***S on Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2015* Absolutely wonderful book for those with an interest in the philosophy of science. Historians of science, scientists interested in the history and philosophy of their enterprise, and philosophers would all benefit from the work. Chang picks a wonderful example to study, temperature 'measurement'. Development of techniques for measuring temperature involved a host of problems including figuring out which 'thermometers' were correct, or closest to correct, measurers of temperature. Any given thermometer has a range of deployability, so questions and problems arose concerning how to extend measurements to hotter and colder temperatures beyond the capabilities of 'ordinary' thermometers. And even the standard 'definitions' of some points of temperature scales, such as 'the boiling point of water (at standard pressure)' and 'the freezing point of water' both are much more problematic and ill-defined than most scientists are aware. Further, how any of this development of 'thermometry' relates to some more fundamental theory of temperature introduces further perplexity. All in all a tour de force, the most interesting work in the history and philosophy of science I have ever read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Temperature tribulations *by A***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2009* Inventing Temperature tells the long and intriguing history of thermometry, the science of the measurement of temperature. First, thermometers had to be invented, followed by methods to calibrate them. But to calibrate a thermometer at least one reproducible phenomenon that always took place at the same temperature was needed. But how would one know that something, say the boiling of water, always took place at the same temperature if one didn't have a calibrated thermometer? This circularity was behind most of the hurdles the pioneering thermometrists had to overcome. Finally, temperature scales, a multitude of them, were devised--almost one by each independent thermometer maker.I learned quite a bit from this book. Among the more interesting episodes were a series of experiments by Marc-Auguste Pictet in the late 18th century that demonstrated quite puzzlingly that cold, like heat, could be reflected from a mirror and Charles Darwin's grandfather potter Josiah Wedgwood's almost contemporaneous invention of a pyrometer to measure very high temperatures--it used small pieces of clay, the amount of shrinkage of which at a given temperature were supposed to have been reproducible.I wish Chang's prose were a bit more straight and readable and the contents of the book a bit more uniform. The first 4 of the 6 chapters have 2 parts each: a historical narrative followed by an analysis that dwells into philosophical issues that I thought were boring and not always relevant. I confess I skipped most of the analyses.Chang ends his book with a chapter on "complementary science", his provocative research program that intends, by utilizing the historical and philosophical aspects of a particular scientific area, physics, in his case, to "generate scientific knowledge in places where science itself fails to do so." ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars History and Philosophy of Science at his best *by L***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2013* Hansok Chang is hugely talented, and conveys beautifully the feeling of what it is like _not_ to know something before it is figured out, an essential aid to understanding intellectual history. He also has an eye for both telling detail and the big picture, and is very much his own undogmatic man when trying to make sense of complex and often haphazard historical sequences. Read this book and you will feel a lot of respect for people like Fahrenheit and Amontons who did the"simple" [but very hard] things on which our science today rests. ## Frequently Bought Together - Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science) - Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, Second Edition --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/6320546-inventing-temperature-measurement-and-scientific-progress-oxford-studies-in-philosophy](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/6320546-inventing-temperature-measurement-and-scientific-progress-oxford-studies-in-philosophy) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kuwait* *Store origin: KW* *Last updated: 2026-05-13*