A hundred years of numbers. An historical introduction to measurement theory 1887–1990

DOI10.1016/S0039-3681(96)00014-3zbMATH Open0867.01013OpenAlexW2017569118MaRDI QIDQ3122884FDOQ3122884

Authors: José A. Diez 

Publication date: 10 August 1997

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0039-3681(96)00014-3

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zbMATH Keywords

Helmholtztheory of measurementHölderStevens

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60)

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