Thing Knowledge

Thing Knowledge
Author: Davis Baird
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2004-02-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0520928202

Western philosophers have traditionally concentrated on theory as the means for expressing knowledge about a variety of phenomena. This absorbing book challenges this fundamental notion by showing how objects themselves, specifically scientific instruments, can express knowledge. As he considers numerous intriguing examples, Davis Baird gives us the tools to "read" the material products of science and technology and to understand their place in culture. Making a provocative and original challenge to our conception of knowledge itself, Thing Knowledge demands that we take a new look at theories of science and technology, knowledge, progress, and change. Baird considers a wide range of instruments, including Faraday's first electric motor, eighteenth-century mechanical models of the solar system, the cyclotron, various instruments developed by analytical chemists between 1930 and 1960, spectrometers, and more.

Current Catalog

Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1076
Release: 1966
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

Includes subject section, name section, and 1968-1970, technical reports.

Open-Source Lab

Open-Source Lab
Author: Joshua M. Pearce
Publisher: Newnes
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2013-10-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 012410486X

Open-Source Lab: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Scientific Research Costs details the development of the free and open-source hardware revolution. The combination of open-source 3D printing and microcontrollers running on free software enables scientists, engineers, and lab personnel in every discipline to develop powerful research tools at unprecedented low costs.After reading Open-Source Lab, you will be able to: - Lower equipment costs by making your own hardware - Build open-source hardware for scientific research - Actively participate in a community in which scientific results are more easily replicated and cited - Numerous examples of technologies and the open-source user and developer communities that support them - Instructions on how to take advantage of digital design sharing - Explanations of Arduinos and RepRaps for scientific use - A detailed guide to open-source hardware licenses and basic principles of intellectual property

The Laboratory Companion

The Laboratory Companion
Author: Gary S. Coyne
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2006
Genre: Science
ISBN:

"An updated version of the critically acclaimed Laboratory Handbook, this guide to laboratory materials, equipment, and techniques is an important resource for students as well as veteran scientists and lab technicians. From vacuum technology and glass vacuum systems to volumetric glassware, gas-oxygen torches, and cryogenic tanks, The Laboratory Companion provides complete coverage of all commonly used lab equipment, including essential information about its selection, use, cleaning, and maintenance. It clearly explains the historical development and rationale behind how and why things are done in the lab, and includes helpful guidelines and step-by-step procedures for each topic discussed"--back cover.

Historical Scientific Instruments in Contemporary Education

Historical Scientific Instruments in Contemporary Education
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9004499679

When science’s “black boxes” are pried open, its workings become accessible. Like time-travellers into history but grounded in today’s cultures, learners interact directly with authentic instruments and replicas. Chapters describe educational experiences sparked through collaborations interrelating museum, school and university.

Pocket Guide to Instrumentation

Pocket Guide to Instrumentation
Author: R. R. Lee
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 177
Release: 1999-03-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080539165

This handy guide helps readers quickly identify instrumentation. It includes data on control devices, monitors, and batteries, and a chapter on bar coding as a control procedure. Pocket Guide to Instrumentation is a handy guide that helps simplify procurement and handling of instrumentation equipment and accessories. It provides materials personnel with concise, straightforward information for identifying and tracking the many types of control devices, fittings, valves, etc. that accompany instrumentation projects. It also includes data on cables, monitors, and batteries, and a chapter on how to use bar coding as a control procedure. Ideal for engineers, designers, and technical and clerical personnel involved in material procurement and control, this compact reference is packed with figures and tables that describe a wide range of standard instrumentation items. Ideal for engineers, designers, and technical and clerical personnel involved in material procurement and control, this compact reference is packed with figures and tables that describe a wide range of standard instrumentation items.

Medical Instruments and Devices

Medical Instruments and Devices
Author: Steven Schreiner
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2015-07-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1439871477

Medical Instruments and Devices: Principles and Practices originates from the medical instruments and devices section of The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition. Top experts in the field provide material that spans this wide field. The text examines how biopotential amplifiers help regulate the quality and content of measured signals. I

Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition

Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition
Author: John G. Webster
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1641
Release: 2014-01-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1439848882

The Second Edition of the bestselling Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook brings together all aspects of the design and implementation of measurement, instrumentation, and sensors. Reflecting the current state of the art, it describes the use of instruments and techniques for performing practical measurements in engineering, physics, chemistry, and the life sciences and discusses processing systems, automatic data acquisition, reduction and analysis, operation characteristics, accuracy, errors, calibrations, and the incorporation of standards for control purposes. Organized according to measurement problem, the Spatial, Mechanical, Thermal, and Radiation Measurement volume of the Second Edition: Contains contributions from field experts, new chapters, and updates to all 96 existing chapters Covers instrumentation and measurement concepts, spatial and mechanical variables, displacement, acoustics, flow and spot velocity, radiation, wireless sensors and instrumentation, and control and human factors A concise and useful reference for engineers, scientists, academic faculty, students, designers, managers, and industry professionals involved in instrumentation and measurement research and development, Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition: Spatial, Mechanical, Thermal, and Radiation Measurement provides readers with a greater understanding of advanced applications.