Smoot's ear : the measure of humanity /

Measures are the subject of this unusual book, in which Robert Tavernor offers a fascinating account of the various measuring systems human beings have devised over two millennia. He discusses measures in our own time - when space travel presents to humankind a direct encounter with the unfathomable...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tavernor, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Measurement > History.
Metrology > History.
Measurement > Standards.
Metric system > History.
Mesure > Histoire.
Métrologie > Histoire.
Mesure > Normes.
Système métrique > Histoire.
Measurement
Measurement > Standards
Metric system
Metrology
Maßeinheit
Kultur
Geschichte
Messung
Metrologie
Metrisches System
Metrologi > historia.
History
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