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466 pages • paperback • first pub 2002 • 5 editions
ISBN/UID: 9780349115078
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Edition Pub Date: 01 Jan 2002
Description
In this "entirely enthralling and beautifully written book" (Simon Winchester), Alder tells the story of how science, revolutionary politics, and the dream of a new economy converged to produce the world's common language of measurement--the metri...
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466 pages • paperback • 2002
ISBN/UID: 9780349115078
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Edition Pub Date: 01 Jan 2002
Description
In this "entirely enthralling and beautifully written book" (Simon Winchester), Alder tells the story of how science, revolutionary politics, and the dream of a new economy converged to produce the world's common language of measurement--the metri...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings