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Measure for Measure The Story of Imperial, Metric, and Other Units
by Hebra, Alex
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0801870720
- ISBN 13
- 9780801870729
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The Johns Hopkins University Press. New. 2003. Hardcover. 0801870720 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 232 pp. , 63 line drawings. Product description: "In Measure for Measure, Alex Hebra offers a delightfully engaging and instructive history of measurement systems from ancient times to the present, exploring how and why such units as the stadium, the span, and the parsec first came about. Tracing civilization's various efforts to calculate distance, volume, mass, energy, and time, he explains how units of measurement are applied in such fields as mechanical engineering, physics, optics, and astronomy. In particular, Hebra focuses on the development of the metric system, arguing that even the United States will eventually join the worldwide metric community. Deeply informed and imaginatively told, Measure for Measure chronicles humanity's imperfect search for the perfect system with which to quantify reality." -- with a bonus offer-- .
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- Bookseller
- AB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79980
- Title
- Measure for Measure The Story of Imperial, Metric, and Other Units
- Author
- Hebra, Alex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0801870720
- ISBN 13
- 9780801870729
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, Md
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- 0801870720, collectible
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