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The measure of all things : the seven-year odyssey and hidden error that transformed the world / Ken Alder

Author:
Alder, Ken
Published:
New York : Free Press, [2002]
Copyright Date:
©2002
Physical Description:
x, 422 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents:
The north-going astronomer -- The south-going astronomer -- The metric of revolution -- The castle of mount-Jouy -- A calculating people -- Fear of France -- Convergence -- Triangulation -- The empire of science -- The broken arc -- Mechain's mistke, Delambre's peace -- The metered globe -- Epilogue: the shape of our world.
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ISBN:
074321675X
9780743216753
Note:
Mont Alto copy given in honor of Gordon T. Bowker by Stanley M. Saffron 2007.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-400) and index.
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