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World in the balance : the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement / Robert P. Crease.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 317 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393072983 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.8/1 23
LOC classification:
  • QC83 .C74 2011
Contents:
Introduction: The noonday cannon -- Vitruvian man -- Ancient China : feet and flutes -- West Africa : gold weights -- France : "realities of life and labor" -- Halting steps toward universality -- "One of the greatest triumphs of modern civilization" -- Metrophilia and metrophobia -- Surely you're joking, Mr. Duchamp! -- Dreams of a final standard -- Universal system : the Si -- The modern metroscape -- Au revoir, kilogram.
Summary: Offers the story of the invention of a global network of weights, scales, and instruments for measurement.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The noonday cannon -- Vitruvian man -- Ancient China : feet and flutes -- West Africa : gold weights -- France : "realities of life and labor" -- Halting steps toward universality -- "One of the greatest triumphs of modern civilization" -- Metrophilia and metrophobia -- Surely you're joking, Mr. Duchamp! -- Dreams of a final standard -- Universal system : the Si -- The modern metroscape -- Au revoir, kilogram.

Offers the story of the invention of a global network of weights, scales, and instruments for measurement.

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