Weights & Measures
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Yardstick Nation: The Metric System in America
$27.95 Add to cartWhy is there no metric system in the United States? Why is it that a country known for its openness to the future, its scientific innovations, and its preference for practicality has not adopted the m… [more below]
- Author: Vera, Hector
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: May 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0826507832
- Language: English
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Standards
$18.95 Add to cartAn engaging introduction to standards, the invisible infrastructure that shapes the built and digital environments of the modern world.
Standards are the DNA of the built environment, encoded in nearl
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Pomerantz, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0262549492
- Language: English
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The Seven Measures of the World
$18.00 Add to cartThe fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world
“Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are.”- Author: Martin, Piero
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0300280114
- Language: English
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The Seven Measures of the World
$28.00 Read moreThe fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world
“Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are.”- Author: Martin, Piero
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0300266278
- Language: English
