TY - BOOK AU - Tavernor,Robert TI - Smoot's ear: the measure of humanity SN - 9780300124927 AV - QA 465 .T38 2007 U1 - IB 530.809 PY - 2007/// CY - New Haven [Conn.], London PB - Yale University Press KW - Measurement KW - History KW - Metrology KW - Standards KW - Metric system N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-235) and index; Introduction : measure and meaning -- Body and measure -- Science and measure -- Defining the revolutionary metric system -- The decisive separation -- Anglo-Saxon resistance -- Measures of pure conception; IB Students UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007010417.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2007010417-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2007010417-d.html ER -