Wise, M. Norton (Editor)
Princeton University Press
Publication date: 1995
Physical Details: viii + 372 pp.; illus.; notes; index
Description Survey papers by Wise, M. Norton include: Precision: Agent of unity and product of agreement. Part 1: Traveling. Part 2: The age of steam and telegraphy. Part 3: “Today precision must be commonplace”. Papers on specific topics are entered separately in the present bibliography.
Review Lawrence, C. (1996) Review of "The values of precision". Medical History (pp. 406-7).
Review Rasmussen, N. (1996) Review of "The values of precision". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 120-21).
Review Kremer, R.L. (1998) Review of "The values of precision". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (pp. 172-73).
Review Evans, R. (1998) Review of "The values of precision". Science, Technology, and Human Values (pp. 346-49).
Review Tucci, U. (1997) Review of "The values of precision". Rivista storica italiana (pp. 1158-61).
Review Schabas, M. (1997) Review of "The values of precision". Philosophy of Science (pp. 517-19).
Review Tucci, U. (1998) Review of "The values of precision". Rivista storica italiana (pp. 1158-61).
Review Hentschel, K. (1999) Review of "The values of precision". NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin (pp. 48-49).
Review Licoppe, C. (1998) Review of "The values of precision". Annales. Histoire, sciences sociales (pp. 1004-6).
Review Handel, K. (1998) Review of "The values of precision". Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte (pp. 125-26).
Review Pickering, A. (1996 (July 5)) Review of "The values of precision". TLS: Times Literary Supplement (p. 28).
Review Morini, S. (1996) Review of "The values of precision". Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza (pp. 385-88).
Review Widmalm, S. (1995) Review of "The values of precision". Science (pp. 905-6).
Chapter Olesko, Kathryn M. (1995) The meaning of precision: The exact sensibility in early 19th-century Germany. In: The values of precision (p. 103).
Chapter Sweetnam, George (1995) Precision implemented: Henry Rowland, the concave diffraction grating, and the analysis of light. In: The values of precision (p. 283).
Chapter Warwick, Andrew (1995) The laboratory of theory, or what's exact about the exact sciences?. In: The values of precision (p. 311).
Chapter Rusnock, Andrea (1995) Quantification, precision, and accuracy: Determinations of population in the Ancien Régime. In: The values of precision (p. 17).
Chapter Alder, Ken (1995) A revolution to measure: The political economy of the metric system in France. In: The values of precision (p. 39).
Chapter Golinski, Jan (1995) “The nicety of experiment”: Precision of measurement and precision of reasoning in late 18th-century chemistry. In: The values of precision (p. 72).
Chapter Schaffer, Simon (1995) Accurate measurement is an English science. In: The values of precision (p. 135).
Chapter Porter, Theodore M. (1995) Precision and trust: Early Victorian insurance and the politics of calculation. In: The values of precision (p. 173).
Chapter Holmes, Frederic L.; Olesko, Kathryn M. (1995) The image of precision: Helmholtz and the graphical method in physiology. In: The values of precision (p. 198).
Chapter Gooday, Graeme J.N. (1995) The morals of energy metering: Constructing and deconstructing the precision of the Victorian electrical engineer's ammeter and voltmeter. In: The values of precision (p. 239).
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