The Measure of All Things
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AstronomersIn 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- ...more
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Registered by BookCrossCorner of Norwich, Norfolk United Kingdom on 3/24/2004
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