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World in the balance : the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement / Robert P. Crease. New York : W.W. Norton, c2011. ISBN:  9780393072983 (hardcover) 0393072983 (hardcover) Description:  317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Home Delivery - HN Adult Nonfiction 530.81 C912w Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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