World in the balance : the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement / Robert P. Crease.
Crease, Robert P.
2011
QC83 .C74 2011 (Mapit)
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Title World in the balance : the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement / Robert P. Crease.
Author Crease, Robert P.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780393072983
0393072983
Publication Details New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.
Language English
Description 317 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number QC83 .C74 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 530.8/1
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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