The Measure of All Things : The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World Hardcover - 2002
by Ken Alder
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- Title The Measure of All Things : The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
- Author Ken Alder
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Free Press, New York
- Date 2002
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # G074321675XI4N01
- ISBN 9780743216753 / 074321675X
- Weight 1.64 lbs (0.74 kg)
- Dimensions 9.64 x 6.4 x 1.17 in (24.49 x 16.26 x 2.97 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Arc measures - History, Meter (Unit) - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002070267
- Dewey Decimal Code 526.1
First line
In June 1792-in the dying days of the French monarchy, as the world began to revolve around a new promise of Revolutionary equality-two astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary quest.