Could you tell me which of these texts, if any, you would recommend teaching again?

A visually engaging collage of measurement instruments, historical texts, and abstract representations of measurement systems, capturing the essence of measurement history.

Measure Your Knowledge: A Quiz on Measurement Texts

Welcome to the quiz designed for educators and those interested in the fascinating history and theory of measurement. Dive into a selection of texts that explore the development of measurement systems and their societal implications.

Test your opinions on various writings, including:

  • The evolution of the metric system
  • The significance of measurement in different fields
  • Influential authors in the history of measurement
13 Questions3 MinutesCreated by ThinkingGauge452
Witold Kula, Measures and Men (history of measurement, including metric system)
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No opinion
Richard Tavernor, Smoot’s Ear: The Measure of Humanity (history of measurement/metric system)
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No opinion
Robert Crease, World in the Balance: The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement (UNiversal system
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Joseph O’Connell, “Metrology: The Creation of Universality by the Circulation of Particulars” (body fat, military, standardization)
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No opinion
Peter Galison, Einstein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s Maps
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No opinion
Theodore M. Porter, Trust in Numbers
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No opinion
Karl Marx, Capital, Volume I
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No opinion
Walter Benn Michaels, The Gold Standard and the Logic of Naturalism
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No opinion
Jonathan Sterne, MP3: The Meaning of a Format
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No opinion
Marc Levinson, The Box (container shipping)
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No opinion
Lennard Davis, Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body
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No opinion
Other new text suggestions? (I will teach Daston on Types.)
Anything you would advise to be sure I keep or drop?
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