Measurement: Definitions and Theories

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1959. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings indicated). Large green octavo in dark blue jacket with white text; 274 pages: illustrations; 24 cm Some edgewear and chipping to good (+) DJ, mild dampstaining to back cover; book is in very good (-) condition with strong binding, pages clean and unmarked; light foxing to end pages and edges. Hardcover.

"This book is derived from a symposium given at the 1956 meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which were held in New York. The collection of essays presents contrasting approahces to the problems of measurement, and considers its meaning and significance as interpreted by many scientific disciplines: philosophy, physics, mathematics, psychology, economics and sociology. It reflects the varied concerns of workers in the foundations of measurement at the middle of the twentieth century." --Jacket. Contents: pt. I. Some meanings of measurement. pt. II. Some theories of measurement. pt. III. Some problems in the physical sciences. pt. IV. Some problems in the social sciences.