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The measure of all things : the seven-year odyssey that transformed the world / Ken Alder.
By: Alder, Ken
.Publisher: London : Abacus, 2004Description: xii, 466p.ISBN: 0349115079.Subject(s): Delambre, J. B. J. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), 1749-1822 | Méchain, Pierre, 1744-1804 | Metric system -- History | Astronomers -- France -- Biography
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 530.81209 ALD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 59295-1001 |
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| 530.1 RAN Warped passages : | 530.11 NOV The river of time / | 530.809 VIN Beyond measure : the hidden history of measurement / | 530.81209 ALD The measure of all things : | 530.813 LIN The general rule : | 531 PRI The Principia : mathematical principles of natural philosophy / | 532.5 STE Target earth / |
Previously published: Great Britain : Little, Brown, 2002.