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The Reform of the International System of Units (SI): Philosophical, Historical and Sociological Issues

By Olivier Darrigol , Oliver Schlaudt , Nadine de Courtenay

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
ISBN
1138483850, 9781138483859
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1365500 bytes)
Series
History and Philosophy of Technoscience
Pages
212\0
Topic
History
Time added
2022-12-17 15:58:27

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.

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