A history of light and colour measurement: science in the shadows
This is a history if the hidden workings of physical science - a technical endeavor embedded in a social context. It argues that this undisciplined subject may be typical not only of 20th century science, but of its future.
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| Zusammenfassung: | This is a history if the hidden workings of physical science - a technical endeavor embedded in a social context. It argues that this undisciplined subject may be typical not only of 20th century science, but of its future. |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 281 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0750307544 |
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| adam_text | A HISTORY OF LIGHT AND COLOUR MEASUREMENT SCIENCE IN THE SHADOWS SEAN F
JOHNSTON UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, CRICHTON CAMPUS, UK LOP INSTITUTE OF
PHYSICS PUBLISHING BRISTOL AND PHILADELPHIA CONTENTS PREFACE IX 1
INTRODUCTION: MAKING LIGHT COUNT 1 1.1 ORGANIZATION OF CHAPTERS 4 1.2
TERMS 9 NOTES 10 2 LIGHT AS A LAW-ABIDING QUANTITY 12 2.1 BEGINNINGS
12 2.2 A LAWLESS FRONTIER 18 2.2.1 PHOTOGRAPHY: JUGGLING VARIABLES 20
2.2.2 ASTRONOMY: ISOLATED FORAYS 21 2.3 TECHNIQUES OF VISUAL PHOTOMETRY
22 2.3.1 QUALITATIVE METHODS 22 2.3.2 COMPARATIVE METHODS 22 2.3.3
PHYSICAL METHODS 24 2.4 STUDIES OF RADIANT HEAT 24 2.5 DESCRIBING COLOUR
26 NOTES 28 3 SEEINGTHINGS 33 3.1 RECURRING THEMES 34 3.2 ALTERED
PERCEPTIONS 36 3.2.1 ASTROPHYSICS AND THE SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT OF
LIGHT 37 3.2.2 SPECTROSCOPY 41 3.2.3 SHIFTING STANDARDS: GAS AND
ELECTROTECHNICAL PHOTOMETRY 42 3.2.4 UTILITARIAN CONNECTIONS 43 3.3 THE
19TH-CENTURY PHOTOMETER 49 3.4 PREJUDICE AND TEMPTATION: THE PROBLEMS IN
JUDGING INTENSITY 53 3.5 QUANTIFYING LIGHT: N-RAYS VERSUS BLACKBODY
RADIATION 58 NOTES . 64 4 CAREERS IN THE SHADOWS , 72 4.1 AMATEURS AND
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH 72 4.2 THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEERS 75 4.3 OPTICAL
SOCIETIES 86 A HISTORY OF LIGHT AND COLOUR MEASUREMENT NOTES 88 5
LABORATORIES AND LEGISLATION 94 5.1 UTILITARIAN PRESSURES 94 5.2 THE
PHYSIKALISCH-TECHNISCHE REICHSANSTALT 96 5.3 THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL
LABORATORY 99 5.4 THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS 102 5.5 COLOUR AT THE
NATIONAL LABORATORIES 104 5.6 TRACING CAREERS 107 5.7 WEIGHING UP THE
NATIONAL LABORATORIES 109 5.8 INDUSTRIAL LABORATORIES 111 5.9 WARTIME
PHOTOMETRY 114 5.10 CONSOLIDATION OF PRACTITIONERS 116 NOTES 117 6
TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSITION 125 6.1 A FASHION FOR PHYSICAL PHOTOMETRY 125
6.1.1 OBJECTIVITY 126 6.1.2 PRECISION 128 6.1.3 SPEED 129 6.1.4
AUTOMATION 129 6.2 THE REFINEMENT OF VISION 130 6.3 SHIFTS OF CONFIDENCE
^ 133 6.4 PHYSICAL PHOTOMETRY FOR ASTRONOMERS 135 6.4.1 AN AWKWARD
HYBRID: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING AND VISUAL ANALYSIS 135 6.4.2 A HALFWAY
HOUSE: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING AND PHOTOELECTRIC ANALYSIS 137 6.4.3 A
MORE TROUBLESOME METHOD: DIRECT PHOTOELECTRIC PHOTOMETRY 139 ___ _ 6.5
THE RISE OF PHOTOELECTRIC PHOTOMETRY 142 6.6 RECALCITRANT PROBLEMS 148
6.6.1 TALBOT SLAW 148 6.6.2 LINEARITY 148 6.6.3 THE SPECTRE OF
HETEROCHROMATIC PHOTOMETRY 150 NOTES 151 7 DISPUTING LIGHT AND COLOUR
159 7.1 THE COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE DE PHOTOMETRIE 161 7.2 THE
COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE DE L ECLAIRAGE 162 7.3 LEGISLATIVE CONNECTIONS
167 7.4 CONSTRUCTING COLORIMETRY 168 7.4.1 COLOUR AT THE CIE 168 7.4.2
DISCIPLINARY DIVISIONS 176 7.4.3 DIFFERENTIATING THE ISSUES 177 7.5
VOTING ON COLOUR 179 VI CONTENTS 7.5.1 CONFIGURING COMPROMISE 180 7.5.2
AN UNCERTAIN CLOSURE 181. NOTES 184 8 MARKETING PHOTOMETRY 191 8.1 BIRTH
OF AN INDUSTRY 192 8.2 TECHNOLOGICAL INFLUENCES 194 8.3 LINKING
COMMUNITIES 197 8.3.1 EXTENSION OF COMMERCIAL EXPERTISE 200 8.3.2 NEW
PRACTITIONERS 201 8.4 MAKING MODERNITY 203 8.5 BACKLASH TO
COMMERCIALIZATION 204 8.6 NEW INSTRUMENTS AND NEW MEASUREMENTS 206 8.7
PHOTOMETRY FOR THE MILLIONS 208 8.8 A BETTER IMAGE THROUGH ADVERTISING
210 NOTES , 213 9 MILITARIZING RADIOMETRY 220 9.1 THE MYSTIQUE OF THE
INVISIBLE 220 9.2 MILITARY CONNECTIONS 221 9.2.1 BRITISH RESEARCH 222
9.2.2 AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 222 9.2.3 GERMAN
EXPERIENCES 224 9.2.4 POST-WAR PERSPECTIVES J 225 9.2.5 NEW RESEARCH:
BEYOND THE N-RAY 227 9.2.6 NEW TECHNOLOGY 227 9.3 NEW CENTRES 229 9.4
NEW COMMUNITIES 230 9.5 NEW UNITS, NEW STANDARDS 231 9.6
COMMERCIALIZATION OF CONFIDENTIAL EXPERTISE 232 9.6.1 NEW PUBLIC
KNOWLEDGE 232 9.7 A NEW BALANCE: RADIOMETRY AS THE SENIOR SPECIALISM
233 NOTES 233 10 AN UNDISCIPLINED SCIENCE 237 10.1 EVOLUTION OF
PRACTICE AND TECHNIQUE 237 10.2 THE SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF LIGHT 240 10.3
A PERIPHERAL SCIENCE? 243 10.3.1 ON BEING AT THE EDGE 243 10.3.2
TECHNIQUE, TECHNOLOGY OR APPLIED SCIENCE? 245 10.3.3 ATTRIBUTES OF
PERIPHERAL SCIENCE 247 10.4 EPILOGUE: DECLINING FORTUNES 248 NOTES 250
BIBLIOGRAPHY 255 ABBREVIATIONS 255 PERIODICALS 255 VN A HISTORY OF LIGHT
AND COLOUR MEASUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS 257 OTHER 258 SOURCES 258 NOTES 261
BIBLIOGRAPHY 261 INDEX 272 VIN
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