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Smoot's earSmoot's ear

Smoot's ear2007

Robert Tavernor

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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 measure of the universe.

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First published
2007
OL Work ID
OL1862691W

Subjects

MensurationMetrologyStandardsMetric systemHistoryMa©einheitMeasurementKulturMetrisches SystemHistoriaMetrologiMessungMetrologieGeschichteWeights and measuresWeights and measures, history

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