"Version: 20161001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- 1. The tyranny of numbers -- 1.1. Why we measure things -- 1.2. A little history -- 1.3. Surveying -- 1.4. Other surveys2. The error in all things -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. M?echain's 'error' in greater detail and least-s…
"Version: 20170901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Introduction : Crystal engineering -- 1. Holding things together -- 1.1. Covalent bonds -- 1.2. Ionic bonds -- 1.3. Comparison of ionic and covalent bonding -- 1.4. Non-bonding interactions -- 1.5. Hydrogen bonding -- 1.6. Hybrid…
"Version: 20140301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Measurement in antiquity -- Man is the measure of all things -- Seeds and cosmic forces -- The Bronze-Age -- The Roman Empire -- Further readingMeasurement in the early modern period -- 'Measured by the king's iron rod' -- Measuring the wor…
"Version: 20181101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Atomism -- 1.1. Greek atomism -- 1.2. The atomic renaissance -- 1.3. Early-modern atomic theory, and the birth of experimental science2. Order in the kinetic chaos -- 2.1. Going inside the indivisible atom -- 2.2. At the centre of the at…
"Version: 20151101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- 1. Science, science fiction and science fantasy -- 1.1. Setting the scene -- 1.2. How should we look at nature? Asking the right question -- 1.3. The innocence of youth2. Complexity -- 3. Materialism : what is…
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.8. Continuum forces -- 8.1. The basic concepts of fluid mechanics -- 8.2. Drag forces -- 8.3. Bubbles in fizzy drinks -- 8.4. Magnetic-braking : the terminal velocity of a magnet falling in a tube of a non-magnetic metal9. Why is the sky blue? -- 9.1. Quantifying light intensity : subjectively and in absolute terms -- 9.2. …
"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.4. Measurement in the modern world (II) -- 4.1. Envy, money, terror, and the metric system -- 4.2. The endgame -- 4.3. Avez-vous l'heure s'il vous plait? -- 4.4. Falling out of favour with the metric system5. Creating the language that is science -- 5.1. Dividing apples with oranges to make ... something different -- 5.2.…