Comment to Review of Book ISBN 978-981-4678-61-2 by D. B. Hibbert (Accred Qual Assur (2015) 20:533–534)

Dear Editor, While thanking Dr. Hibbert for the fine review of the book, I am feeling invited to indicate more explicitly the reasons why the opening chapter (“Fostering diversity of thinking in measurement science”) was written. Here are some examples from my hidden list: the Committee writing the...

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Published in:Accreditation and quality assurance 2016-06, Vol.21 (3), p.243-243
Main Author: Pavese, Franco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Commercial Law
Ecotoxicology
Food Science
Letter to the Editors
Marketing
Science
Scientists
Units of measurement
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Summary:Dear Editor, While thanking Dr. Hibbert for the fine review of the book, I am feeling invited to indicate more explicitly the reasons why the opening chapter (“Fostering diversity of thinking in measurement science”) was written. Here are some examples from my hidden list: the Committee writing the Guide for the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM), choosing for the future edition a single statistical approach, the “Bayesian” replacing the “frequentist” one; the BIPM proposing to change the International System of Measurement Units (SI), by exclusively using “constants” in the definitions of the SI; the singled set of “recommended values” admitted by Committees in several fields for the “official” numerical values of quantities; pretending permanent validity in time of numerical values once stipulated; the interest and vision of too many scientists strictly limited to their discipline. First of all, diversity remains a richness.
ISSN:0949-1775
1432-0517
DOI:10.1007/s00769-016-1209-9