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Reform of the International System of Units (SI)

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Alfred Nordmann
Atomic Interferometry
Avogadro Constant
Base Unit
Bureau International Des Poids
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Cgs System
De Broglie Relationship
Decimal Metric System
Derived Units
Elementary Charge
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experimental physics
Fundamental Constants
Fundamental Physical Constants
Galilean Relativity
History of Science
History of Technology
History since 1800
International System
International System of Units (SI)
Luminous Intensity
Manipulation
Measurement
measurement standards
Metre Definition
Metrological Operationalism
metrology
Modern History
National Metrology Institutes
philosophy of measurement
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Technology
physical constants
Quantity Equations
Quantum Hall Effect
redefining SI units with constants
Reference Quantities
Rob Langham
Scientific Ethics
scientific instrumentation
Si Base Unit
Si System
Si Unit
Universal Constant
Vice Versa
Visualisation

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138483859
  • Weight: 453g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Jan 2019
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

Systems of units still fail to attract the philosophical attention they deserve, but this could change with the current reform of the International System of Units (SI). Most of the SI base units will henceforth be based on certain laws of nature and a choice of fundamental constants whose values will be frozen. The theoretical, experimental and institutional work required to implement the reform highlights the entanglement of scientific, technological and social features in scientific enterprise, while it also invites a philosophical inquiry that promises to overcome the tensions that have long obstructed science studies.
About

Nadine de Courtenay is Associate Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the Paris Diderot University & Laboratoire SPHERE, France.

Olivier Darrigol is Research Director at CNRS & Laboratoire SPHERE, France.

Oliver Schlaudt is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science at Heidelberg University, Germany.