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The Measure of All Things Paperback - 2003
by Ken Alder
In this "entirely enthralling and beautifully written book" (Simon Winchester), Alder tells the story of how science, revolutionary politics, and the dream of a new economy converged to produce the world's common language of measurement--the metric system--and its first struggle over globalization.
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- Title The Measure of All Things
- Author Ken Alder
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Free Press, New York
- Date 2003-10-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780743216760 / 0743216768
- Weight 1.34 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 8.55 x 5.57 x 1.08 in (21.72 x 14.15 x 2.74 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Arc measures - History, Meter (Unit) - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002070267
- Dewey Decimal Code 526.1
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- New York Times, 10/19/2003, Page 36
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