World in the balance : the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement / Robert P. Crease.
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TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 317 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780393072983 (hardcover)
- 0393072983 (hardcover)
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- QC83 .C74 2011
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| QC71.Q36 1984 Quantum Questions : | QC73.J3 Concepts of force: | QC73 .S78 1960 The concepts and theories of modern physics. | QC83.C74 2011 World in the balance : | QC88 .K57 1988 The science of measurement : | QC133 .H65 1993 The quantum theory of motion : | QC133.M39 2007 The Motion paradox |
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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