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(Autographed) The Measure of All Things: The 7 Year Odyssey By Ken Alder
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2002-09-24
- Signed
- Yes
- Book Series
- Historical
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780743216753
- Book Title
- Measure of All Things : the Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Science, History
- Topic
- Weights & Measures, Earth Sciences / Geography, History, World
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 25.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
074321675x
ISBN-13
9780743216753
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038434753
Product Key Features
Book Title
Measure of All Things : the Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Weights & Measures, Earth Sciences / Geography, History, World
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Science, History
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qb291.A43 2002
Table of Content
Contents Dramatis PersonaePrologue Chapter One: The North-Going Astronomer Chapter Two: The South-Going Astronomer Chapter Three: The Metric of Revolution Chapter Four: The Castle of Mont-Jouy Chapter Five: A Calculating People Chapter Six: Fear of France Chapter Seven: Convergence Chapter Eight: Triangulation Chapter Nine: The Empire of Science Chapter Ten: The Broken Arc Chapter Eleven: Méchain's Mistake, Delambre's Peace Chapter Twelve: The Metered Globe Epilogue: The Shape of Our World Note on Measures Note on Sources Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2002-070267
Dewey Decimal
526/.1
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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