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Series 3

The Measurement Story

Specs, standards, and the honest evaluation of performance claims. The intellectual core: these chapters evaluate numbers, not products.

3.1 VLT: The Number Everyone Knows → 3.2 What Is IRR — And Why It's Not Heat Rejection → 3.3 The Range Problem → 3.4 Blocked Is Not Rejected → 3.5 Not All Infrared Is Equal → 3.6 IRER: The Better Yardstick → 3.7 Why IRER Still Isn't Enough → 3.8 TSER: The Complete Accounting → 3.9 The Ceiling: What Physics Allows → 3.10 Haze: The Number Nobody Reports → 3.11 The 96% Myth — Case Closed → 3.12 Reading a Spec Sheet Honestly →