Smoot's ear : the measure of humanity / Robert Tavernor.
2007
QA465 .T38 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Smoot's ear : the measure of humanity / Robert Tavernor.
Author
Tavernor, Robert.
ISBN
9780300124927 (alk. paper)
0300124929 (alk. paper)
0300124929 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2007.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 249 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
QA465 .T38 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
530.809
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : measure and meaning
Body and measure
Science and measure
Defining the revolutionary metric system
The decisive separation
Anglo-Saxon resistance
Measures of pure conception.
Body and measure
Science and measure
Defining the revolutionary metric system
The decisive separation
Anglo-Saxon resistance
Measures of pure conception.