Measuring the Absolute: William Thomson and Temperature (2002) by Hasok Chang and Sang Wook Yi (PDF file)
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- What does it mean?
- This is a book title about William Thomson, known as Lord Kelvin, and his work on temperature measurement.
- In plain terms
- A book discussing Kelvin's work on absolute temperature.
- What can you take from it?
- Reference for historical physics work.
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Questions to consider
- What can we learn from historical scientific methods?
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