Measuring The Universe: The Historical Quest To Quantify Space

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Measuring The Universe: The Historical Quest To Quantify Space

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An exciting and accessible mix of history and cutting-edge science, this book chronicles man's attempts to push back the frontiers of understanding. From a librarian in ancient Alexandria working out the circumference of the earth by studying the way the sunlight fell into a desert well, through Newton's estimates of the distance to the nearest stars, to the latest developments in theories as to w