World in the balance : the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement / Robert P. Crease.

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:

Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Rhifyn:	1st ed.
Cyhoeddwyd:	New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.
Prif Awdur:	Crease, Robert P.
Pynciau:	Weights and measures > History. Measurement > History. Weights and measures.
Fformat:	Llyfr

World in the balance : the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement /

Tabl Cynhwysion:

Vitruvian man
Ancient China : feet and flutes
West Africa : gold weights
France : "realities of life and labor"
Halting steps toward universality
"One of the greatest triumphs of modern civilization"
Metrophilia and metrophobia
Surely you're joking, Mr. Duchamp!
Dreams of a final standard
Universal system : the Si
The modern metroscape
Au revoir, kilogram.