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008			110815s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780393072983 (hardcover)
020			_a0393072983 (hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn668194854
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050	0	0	_aQC83 _b.C74 2011
082	0	0	_a530.8/1 _223
100	1		_aCrease, Robert P. _913653
245	1	0	_aWorld in the balance : _bthe historic quest for an absolute system of measurement / _cRobert P. Crease.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton, _cc2011.
300			_a317 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
520			_aOffers the story of the invention of a global network of weights, scales, and instruments for measurement.
650		0	_aWeights and measures _xHistory. _918362
650		0	_aMeasurement _xHistory. _918363
650		0	_aMetrology. _918364
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