The Measure of All Things
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The Measure of All Things: A History of Chemical Analysis
By Thomas R. DulskiThis volume provides a timeline that traces the history of chemical analysis as it was embedded in the progress of science, and as that was, in turn, embedded in the unfolding of world history.
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The Measure of All Things: The Seven-year Odyssey and Hidden Error that Transformed the World
By Ken AlderThe story of the creation of the metric system in 1792 traces the endeavors of Delambre and Mâechain, the backlash of superstitious contemporaries, and the mistake that drove Mâechain to the brink of madness.
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The Measure of All Things: Anthropology
By Shlomo Giora ShohamConsequently, the arriviste tries also to 'achieve' by belittling others and explaining away their success. The Sisyphean climber strives ever upwards, so that the effort ceases to be a means and becomes part of the goal.
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The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
By Ken AlderTheir mission was to measure the world, and their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator—a standard that would be used “for all people, for all time.” The Measure of ...
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The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
By Ken AlderThe story of the creation of the metric system in 1792 traces the endeavors of Delambre and Méchain, the backlash of superstitious contemporaries, and the mistake that drove Méchain to the brink of madness.
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The Measure of All Things
By Thomas V. LoweryThe Measure of All Things is intended to bring a reader to a better understanding of the reality of the coexistence of good and evil, an understanding that a religious faith explains the seeming paradox of this coexistence.