LEADER 02978nam 22005174a 450 001 9910969533003321 005 20240611132733.0 010 0 $a9780199725090 010 0 $a0199725098 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7036953 035 $a(CKB)24235104000041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422551 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422551 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10233632 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL84548 035 $a(OCoLC)437108816 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7036953 035 $a(OCoLC)1336404939 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235104000041 100 $a20041221d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWeighing the world $ethe quest to measure the Earth /$fEdwin Danson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York, N.Y. $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $ax, 289 p. $cill 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-282) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- 1 I Cannot Be Wrong -- 2 The Titan King -- 3 A Calm and Gentle Character -- 4 The Galileo of France -- 5 Extreme Science -- 6 Robberies and Depredations -- 7 A Magnificent Military Sketch -- 8 Persons Well Versed -- 9 Very Expert in His Business -- 10 A Passage with My Horse -- 11 Frankenstein and Other Experiments -- 12 A Remarkable Hill -- 13 Important Observations -- 14 So Great a Noise -- 15 The Attraction of Mountains -- 16 The Best of the Position -- 17 Distinguished Merit -- 18 Late by a Whole Year -- 19 Geodetic Experiments -- 20 I Know It Will Answer -- 21 Offering Violence to Nature -- 22 A Meritorious Foreigner -- 23 Men Worthy of Confidence -- 24 Irregularities We Have Discovered -- Appendix: Explanations and Definitions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z. 330 $aAt the start of the 18th century, no one knew with any certainty the shape of the earth. Was our planet a perfect sphere or slightly squashed as Newton proposed? Master-surveyor and bestselling author Edwin Danson here presents the stories of the scientists and scholars who cut their way through jungles, crossed the artic tundra, and braved the world's highest mountains to discover the truth about our Earth. A spell-binding scientific adventure story, Weighing the World will intrigue anyone curious about the shape of our planet and how we have come to know it. 606 $aScience$zEurope$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aIndustrial revolution$zEurope$xHistory 607 $aEarth (Planet)$xFigure$xMeasurement 615 0$aScience$xHistory 615 0$aIndustrial revolution$xHistory. 676 $a526/.1 700 $aDanson$b Edwin$f1948-$01666170 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969533003321 996 $aWeighing the world$94465093 997 $aUNINA