Smoot's Ear: The Measure of Humanity

by Robert Tavernor

Book Overview

Measures are the subject of this unusual book, in which Robert Tavernor offers a fascinating account of the various measuring systems human beings have devised over two millennia. Tavernor urges us to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300143346
• ISBN13: 9780300143348
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.9"