Smoot's Ear

Smoot's Ear
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 0300124929
ISBN-13 : 9780300124927
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Smoot's Ear by : Robert Tavernor

Download or read book Smoot's Ear written by Robert Tavernor and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. He discusses measures in our own time - when space travel presents to humankind a direct encounter with the unfathomable measure of the universe.


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