中图分类法:	O212.1 版次：
著者:	Bookstein, Fred L.,
题名:	Measuring and reasoning : [ numerical inference in the sciences /] / ,
出版发行:	出版地： New York : 出版社： Cambridge University Press, 出版日期： 2014.
载体形态:	xxviii, 535 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
内容提要:	"This exploration of empirical inference in science presents a formal description of the process by which scientific measurements support convincing explanations of the world around us"--Provided by publisher.
内容提要:	"In Measuring and Reasoning, Fred L. Bookstein examines the way ordinary arithmetic and numerical patterns are translated into scientific understanding, showing how the process relies on two carefully managed forms of argument: * Abduction: the generation of new hypotheses to accord with findings that were surprising on previous hypotheses, and * Consilience: the confirmation of numerical pattern claims by analogous findings at other levels of measurement. These profound principles include an understanding of the role of arithmetic and, more importa