The quest for the true figure of the Earth: ideas and expeditions in four centuries of geodesy
"In this study, the 'Figure of the Earth' controversy is for the first time comprehensively explored in all its several dimensions. It shows how a largely neglected episode of European science that produced no spectacular process or artefact - beyond a relatively minor improvement in...
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Burlington, Vt. [u.a]
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2005
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| Series: | Science, technology and culture, 1700 - 1945
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| Summary: | "In this study, the 'Figure of the Earth' controversy is for the first time comprehensively explored in all its several dimensions. It shows how a largely neglected episode of European science that produced no spectacular process or artefact - beyond a relatively minor improvement in maps - nevertheless represents an almost unique combination of theoretical prediction and empirical method. It also details the suffering of the two teams of scientists in very different extremes of climate, whose sacrifices for the sake of knowledge rather than colonial gain, caught the imagination of the literary world of the time."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Physical Description: | XII, 275 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0754650200 |
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PHYSICS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON ASHGATE CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
AUTHOR S PREFACE CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2
SELECT READING LIST INDEX A DISPUTE IN THE MAKING PRELUDE TO AN ODYSSEY
SOME TECHNICALITIES THE LAPLAND EXPEDITION THE PERU EXPEDITION MEANWHILE
IN PARIS DEATH AND DELIVERANCE A GRIEVOUS AFTERMATH ONCE MORE UNTO THE
MERIDIAN A MODERN POSTSCRIPT MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE MODEM VALUES OF
GEODETIC UNITS IX XI 1 11 55 81 111 147 169 203 231 253 261 264 265 269
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CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2
SELECT READING LIST INDEX A DISPUTE IN THE MAKING PRELUDE TO AN ODYSSEY
SOME TECHNICALITIES THE LAPLAND EXPEDITION THE PERU EXPEDITION MEANWHILE
IN PARIS DEATH AND DELIVERANCE A GRIEVOUS AFTERMATH ONCE MORE UNTO THE
MERIDIAN A MODERN POSTSCRIPT MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE MODEM VALUES OF
GEODETIC UNITS IX XI 1 11 55 81 111 147 169 203 231 253 261 264 265 269
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