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224 pages • first pub 2007 (view editions)
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Measures are the subject of this unusual book, in which Robert Tavernor offers a fascinating account of the various measuring systems human beings have devised over two millennia. Tavernor urges us to look beyond the notion that measuring is stric...
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224 pages • first pub 2007 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
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Description
Measures are the subject of this unusual book, in which Robert Tavernor offers a fascinating account of the various measuring systems human beings have devised over two millennia. Tavernor urges us to look beyond the notion that measuring is stric...