Measuring the universe : (Record no. 1735)

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LC control number 99019476
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International Standard Book Number 0802713513
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International Standard Book Number 9780802713513
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System control number (OCoLC)40838750
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ferguson, Kitty,
Relator term author.
Authority record control number or standard number http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91008369
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245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Measuring the universe :
Remainder of title our historic quest to chart the horizons of space and time /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Kitty Ferguson.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement [First edition].
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New York :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Walker and Company,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 1999.
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Extent viii, 342 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 24 cm
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504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Prologue: Tilting with windmills (1951) -- Sphere with a view (400-100 B.C.) -- Heavenly revolutions (100-1600 A.D.) -- Dressing up the naked eye (1564-1642) -- Orbit with a view (1630-1900) -- Upscale architecture (1750-1958) -- Coming apart in all directions (1929-92) -- Deciphering ancient light (1946-99) -- Quest for Omega (1930-99) -- Lost horizons -- Epilogue: Magnificent Enigma.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. A veteran popularizer of science, Ferguson traces how people in western history have attempted to measure space from the ancient Greeks to modern physicists and astronomers. She begins with Eratosthenes' accurate measurement of the circumference of the Earth in the third century BC and progresses to the theories of Stephen Hawking and his contemporaries. Her account is for general readers. She includes a glossary that does not indicate pronunciation.
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Materials specified 31560000043758
Copy identification 2735
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note Cosmology and measurement
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Cosmology.
Authority record control number or standard number http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85033169
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Cosmological distances.
Authority record control number or standard number http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85033168
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Measurement.
Authority record control number or standard number http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083608
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Measurement.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Cosmological distances.
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Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst00880598
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Cosmology.
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Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst00880600
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Measurement.
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Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01715944
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Uncontrolled term Time
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Uncontrolled term Space measuring
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Uncontrolled term Ferguson, Kitty
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    Library of Congress Classification     Jost Bürgi Library Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room 07/24/2024 Mueller-Maerki   QB981 .F346 1999 31560000043758 07/24/2024 07/24/2024 Books