ocr: - - - Measurement: Principles and Instrumentation Science begins in wonder- and in measurement. How far are the stars? How hot is fire? How old is a fossil? Over the centunes, scientists have devised ingenious tools and mathe- matical systems to quantify everything from distance and time to sound, light, energy, and the processes of the human body. lechnology provides a thousand ways to descnbe our world- all in numbers. Background
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