Book ID: CBB000830137

A Measure of All Things: The Story of Man and Measurement (2007)

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Whitelaw, Ian (Author)


St. Martin's Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: 160 pp.; ill.; maps; index
Language: English

Description Popular account of the history of measurement.


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Authors & Contributors
Gasparetto, Michele
Emma Prevignano
Epstein, Jessica
DiCaglio, Joshua
Sartori, Sergio
Morrison-Low, A. D.
Concepts
Measurement
Weights and measures
Metrology
Mechanics
Mathematics
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Time Periods
Medieval
20th century
16th century
Early modern
Renaissance
21st century
Places
Italy
Europe
Scotland
Spain
Greece
Egypt
Institutions
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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