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02129cam a22002654a 4500 |
| 001 - Número de Control |
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000648 |
| 005 - Fecha de Ultima Modificación |
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20231009191956.0 |
| 008 - Elementos de Fongitud Fija--Información General |
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090206s2002 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - Número de Control de Biblioteca del Congreso USA |
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| Número de la Bibliografía nacional |
2002070267 |
| 020 ## - ISBN |
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| ISBN |
9780743216753 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 050 00 - Número de Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso de (USA-LC) |
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| No. de Clasificación |
QB291 |
| No. del ítem |
.A43 2002 |
| 082 00 - Número de Clasificación Decimal Dewey |
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| No. de Clasificación |
526.1 ALD |
| 100 1# - Entrada Principal - Nombre Personal |
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| Nombre Personal |
Alder, Ken |
| 245 14 - TÍTULO |
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| Título del material |
The measure of all things |
| Resto del Título |
: the seven-year odyssey and hidden error that transformed the world |
| Mención de responsabilidad |
/ Ken Alder |
| 260 ## - Publicación, Distribución, etc. (Pie de Imprenta) |
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| Lugar de Publicación, Distribución, etc. |
New York |
| Nombre de la editorial, distribuidor, etc. |
: Free Press |
| Fecha de Publicación, Distribución, etc. |
, c2002. |
| 300 ## - Descripción Física |
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| Extensión |
x, 422 p. |
| Otros detalles físicos |
: ill. (some col.) |
| Dimensiones |
; 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - Nota de Bibliografía, etc. |
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| Nota de Bibliografía, etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-400) and index. |
| 520 ## - Resumen, etc. |
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| Nota de resumen, etc. |
"Amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions from Paris to measure the world, one voyaging north to Dunkirk, the other south to Barcelona. Their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator, a standard that has since swept the planet. The Measure of All Things is the astonishing story of one of history's greatest scientific quests, a mission to measure the Earth and define the meter for all nations and for all time." "Yet when Ken Alder located the long-lost correspondence between the two men, along with their mission log books, he stumbled upon a two-hundred-year-old secret, and a drama worthy of the great French playwrights. The meter, it turns out, is in error. One of the two astronomers, Pierre-Francois-Andre Mechain, made contradictory measurements from Barcelona and, in a panic, covered up the discrepancy. The guilty knowledge of his misdeed drove him to the brink of madness, and ultimately to his death. Only then - after the meter had already been publicly announced - did his partner, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre, discover the truth and face a fateful choice: what matters more, the truth or the appearance of the truth?"--BOOK JACKET. |
| 600 10 - Entradas Secundarias - Nombre personal |
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| Nombre Personal |
Delambre, J.B.J. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), 1749-1822 |
| 600 10 - Entradas Secundarias - Nombre personal |
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| Nombre Personal |
Mechain, Pierre, 1744-1804 |
| 650 #0 - Entradas Secundarias - Términos temáticos |
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| Tópico o nombre Geográfico |
Arc measures |
| Subdivisión general |
--History |
| 650 #0 - Entradas Secundarias - Términos temáticos |
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| Tópico o nombre Geográfico |
Meter (Unit) |
| Subdivisión general |
--History |
| 942 ## - TIPO DE MATERIAL |
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| Tipo de Material |
Libro - Monografía |
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