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The measure of the world : a novel
- Title
- The measure of the world : a novel / Denis Guedj ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
- Author
- Guedj, Denis.
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PQ2667.U3555 M4713 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Goldhammer, Arthur
- Description
- xi, 298 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Not science fiction, but a fiction about science, this is the novelistic account of the establishment of the meter as a scientific measurement in 1799 and how a sober enterprise could turn into such a bizarre journey as to be hardly credible. 14 line drawings.
- Uniform Title
- Mesure du monde. English
- Alternative Title
- Mesure du monde.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- novels.
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Novels.
- Romans.
- ISBN
- 0226310302
- 9780226310305
- LCCN
- 2001000488
- OCLC
- ocm45804721
- 45804721
- SCSB-9452169
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library