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World in the balance : the historic wuest for an absolute system of measurement /

By:

Crease, Robert

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: WW Norton & Company 2012Description: 317 pagesSubject(s):

Measurement ; Metrology ; Weights and measures

LOC classification:

GC QC 83 .C74 2012

Summary: How much? How many? How far? Millions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. But achieving such a network was anything but easy, as Robert P. Crease, physicist and philosopher, demonstrates in this endlessly enlightening, always enjoyable look at how this international system evolved.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU BALIWAG	NU BALIWAG	General Collection	General Circulation	GC QC 83 .C74 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		NUBUL000000083

How much? How many? How far? Millions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. But achieving such a network was anything but easy, as Robert P. Crease, physicist and philosopher, demonstrates in this endlessly enlightening, always enjoyable look at how this international system evolved.

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