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In 1889, the famous physicist Lord Kelvin stated: ‘When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; otherwise your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.’
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(2007). Uncertainty in Measurement. In: Measurement Uncertainty. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-46328-5_1
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