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Measurement uncertainty: Historical perspective, present status and foreseeable future
W. Bich
305 - 324
10.3254/ENFI210032
Research Article
Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"
Volume 206: New Frontiers for Metrology: From Biology and Chemistry to Quantum and Data Science
Abstract

In this paper I explore the very birth, due to Gauss, of today’s views on measurement uncertainty and its quantitative expression and propagation. I also try to understand and explain the influence of Bridgman’s operationalism on these views, and discuss the conflict between a certain misconception of his epistemology and the mathematical and probability tools necessary to treat measurement and measurement uncertainty quantitatively. I also give an overview of current trends in the field.

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