Walking zero : discovering cosmic space and time along the Prime Meridian
Raymo, Chet.
Walking zero : discovering cosmic space and time along the Prime Meridian / Chet Raymo. - New York : Walker & Company : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers , c2006. - xiii, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index.
In 2003, Raymo set out to walk across southeastern England along the prime meridian. As becomes clear in the opening pages of his book, his intent was less to recount his travels than to use the prime meridian--the zero line for geographical longitude and international time, as well as a line that runs close to the area of the first dinosaur fossil discoveries, Charles Darwin's home, Isaac Newton's faculty offices, and other important scientific landmarks--as a conceit to explore the scientific history of investigations into space and time.
0802714943 9780802714947
2006282372
Walking---England
Prime meridian.
England---Description and travel
GV199.44.G7 / R39 2006
526.6 RAY
Walking zero : discovering cosmic space and time along the Prime Meridian / Chet Raymo. - New York : Walker & Company : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers , c2006. - xiii, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index.
In 2003, Raymo set out to walk across southeastern England along the prime meridian. As becomes clear in the opening pages of his book, his intent was less to recount his travels than to use the prime meridian--the zero line for geographical longitude and international time, as well as a line that runs close to the area of the first dinosaur fossil discoveries, Charles Darwin's home, Isaac Newton's faculty offices, and other important scientific landmarks--as a conceit to explore the scientific history of investigations into space and time.
0802714943 9780802714947
2006282372
Walking---England
Prime meridian.
England---Description and travel
GV199.44.G7 / R39 2006
526.6 RAY
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