Measurements and Observations: Mathematical Methods
暫譯: 測量與觀察：數學方法

本書探討測量以及理解、評估和報告不確定性。其目標是呈現基本概念，而非深入專業知識。書中不包含正式的公理化、嚴謹的證明或示範，這些通常在專業教科書中可以找到。本書不是專題論文，也不會對整個領域進行調查。它並不旨在作為實務手冊，因此讀者不會找到解決問題的食譜式方法。相反，本書強調基本原則和概念、邏輯推理以及分析和解決問題的技能發展。書中包含許多範例，這些範例的複雜性逐漸增加。

Giovanni Mana trained as a theoretical physicist. After transitioning to metrology, he developed a broad range of interests in theoretical/mathematical and experimental/technical fields. They include metrology, precision measurements, mathematical physics, modelling, data analysis, Bayesian inference, neutron, X-ray, optical interferometry and diffractometry, Fourier optics, linear system, and control theory. He developed a split-crystal X-ray interferometer that operates over centimetre scans, which allowed precision measurements of the silicon lattice parameter and Avogadro constant. This way, he demonstrated that it is possible to count atoms and obtain the mass unit from the Planck constant, thus paving the way for the 2019 redefinition of the international system of units. The Italian Physical Society awarded him the Enrico Fermi Prize for these results.

喬凡尼·馬納（Giovanni Mana）接受了理論物理學的訓練。在轉向計量學後，他對理論/數學和實驗/技術領域產生了廣泛的興趣。這些領域包括計量學、精密測量、數學物理、建模、數據分析、貝葉斯推斷、中子、X 射線、光學干涉測量和衍射測量、傅里葉光學、線性系統和控制理論。他開發了一種分晶體 X 射線干涉儀，能夠在厘米範圍內進行掃描，這使得對矽晶格參數和阿伏伽德羅常數的精密測量成為可能。通過這種方式，他證明了可以計算原子數並從普朗克常數獲得質量單位，從而為 2019 年國際單位制的重新定義鋪平了道路。意大利物理學會因此頒發給他恩里科·費米獎（Enrico Fermi Prize）以表彰這些成果。