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Robert P. Crease




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 | #1143587 in Books |  2012-10-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.30 x.80 x5.50l,.57 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A must read for anyone interested in the International System (known as Metric System until 1960)|By David N. Pearl|World in the Balance sheds a great deal of light on how various cultures (Chinese, African et cetera) underwent metrication. A must read for anyone interested in the International System. The eleventh CGPM (Conférence Générale des Poids et Mes

“Shows that the story of metrology . . . can in the right hands make for a riveting read.”―The Economist

Millions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. But achieving such a network was anything but easy, as Robert P. Crease, physicist and philosopher, demonstrates in this endlessly fascinating, always entertaining look at just how this international system evolved. From the link betwe...

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