A History of Light and Colour Measurement: Science in the ShadowsCRC Press, 5. maí 2015 - 280 síður 2003 Paul Bunge Prize of the Hans R. Jenemann Foundation for the History of Scientific Instruments Judging the brightness and color of light has long been contentious. Alternately described as impossible and routine, it was beset by problems both technical and social. How trustworthy could such measurements be? Was the best standard of inten |
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2 LIGHT AS A LAWABIDING QUANTITY | 12 |
3 SEEING THINGS | 33 |
4 CAREERS IN THE SHADOWS | 72 |
5 LABORATORIES AND LEGISLATION | 94 |
6 TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSITION | 125 |
7 DISPUTING LIGHT AND COLOUR | 159 |
8 MARKETING PHOTOMETRY | 191 |
9 MILITARIZING RADIOMETRY | 220 |
10 AN UNDISCIPLINED SCIENCE | 237 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 255 |
Back Cover | 272 |
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