ocm40838750, OCoLC, 2019-05-16, 990209s1999 nyua b 001 0 eng, 99019476, , , 0802713513, 9780802713513, , , , , (OCoLC)40838750, , , DLC, eng, DLC, LVB, XY4, BAKER, BTCTA, YDXCP, GEBAY, OCLCF, OCLCO, , , QB 981, F346 1999 c.1, , , QB 981, QB 981, P2935, Ferguson, Kitty,, 1, , Measuring the universe :, our historic quest to chart the horizons of space and time /, Kitty Ferguson., 1, 0, New York :, Walker and Company,, 1999., , , New York :, Walker and Company,, 1999., viii, 342 p. :, ill. ;, 23 cm., , , Includes bibliographical references and index., , , 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., 0, , 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., , , Purchase, , , paperbound - contains a foreword not included in the hardbound copy ; (hardbound copy - ML0602), , , 2008.203, , , Cosmology., Cosmological distances., Measurement., , , , 0, 0, 0, Contributor biographical information, Publisher description, 4, 4, 2, 2, http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/99019476-b.html, http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/99019476-d.html, Baker & Taylor, BKTY, 27.00, 20.25, 0802713513, , , 0003244035, active, HELD BY AP$ - 1376 OTHER HOLDINGS, , , c, a, m, a, a40838750zDLCdURIhFulliLCCkDDCnSummarytContentsu20131014, a232179352zSQDbSMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORYhLess-than-full batchiLCCkDDCu20100626, a134019595zRBNbBROWN UNIVhFulliLCCu20100721, a484647443zN15bNEW YORK UNIV, GROUP BATCHLOADhFulliLCCkDDCu20100722, a178335395zPULbPRINCETON UNIVhFulliLCCkDDCu20100706, a370663680zUBYbBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCqcatu20100709, a132679300zJTCbSHASTA PUB LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20100702, a475719418zTEUbTEMPLE UNIVhFullu20100711, a686482405zYUSbYALE UNIV LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20101129, aZ0bAP$, DATE_RECEIVED, 2008-11-1, QB981 .F346 1999 c.2, QB981 .F346 1999 c.1
