| Record ID | marc_ithaca_college/ic_marc.mrc:191803808:1190 |
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050 00 $aQB291$b.A43 2002
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100 1 $aAlder, Ken.
245 14 $aThe measure of all things :$bthe seven-year odyssey and hidden error that transformed the world /$cKen Alder.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$cc2002.
300 $ax, 422 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 397-400) and index.
505 0 $aNorth-going astronomer -- South-going astronomer -- Metric of revolution -- Castle of Mont-Jouy -- Calculating people -- Fear of France -- Convergence -- Triangulation -- Empire of science -- Broken arc -- Mechain's mistake, Delambre's peace -- Metered globe -- Epilogue: Shape of our world.
650 0 $aArc measures$xHistory.
650 0 $aMeter (Unit)$xHistory.
600 10 $aDelambre, J. B. J.$q(Jean Baptiste Joseph),$d1749-1822.
600 10 $aMéchain, Pierre,$d1744-1804.
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