"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: 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: 20181001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Basics of metrology -- 1.1. Regular or constant errors -- 1.2. Where traceability begins -- 1.3. Judging measurement results -- 1.4. True values and traceability -- 1.5. Consistency -- 1.6. Measuring errors2. Some statistics -- 2.1. Meas…
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Force, stress, and mechanical properties in biological systems -- 1.1. Overview2. Mechanics primers and theoretical models for biomaterial characterization -- 2.1. Overview -- 2.2. Force -- 2.3. Stress -- 2.4. Parameters for mechanical p…
"Version: 20191001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Cosmic noise -- 1.1. Radio waves from the sky -- 1.2. The noise of the cosmos2. What is noise? -- 2.1. Deterministic and random signals -- 2.2. Statistical properties of noise -- 2.3. A broad classification of common types of noise -- 2.4. A few comments on the physicist's noise and the mathematician's noise3. Mathemat…