Smoot's Ear The Measure of Humanity

Name: Smoot's Ear The Measure of Humanity
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ISBN: 9780300143348

ISBN-10: 0300143346

ISBN-13: 9780300143348

Edition: 2008

Authors: Robert Tavernor

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Measures are the subject of this unusual book, in which Robert Tavernor offers a fascinating account of the various measuring systems human beings have devised over two millennia. Tavernor urges us to look beyond the notion that measuring is strictly a scientific activity, divorced from human concerns. Instead, he sets measures and measuring in cultural context and shows how deeply they are connected to human experience and history. The book explores changing attitudes toward measure, focusing on key moments in art, sculpture, architecture, philosophy, and the development of scientific thought. It encompasses the journey of Western civilization from the construction of the Great Pyramid to…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/16/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Preface: Smoot's Ear


Introduction: Measure and Meaning



Body and Measure



Science and Measure



Defining the Revolutionary Metric System



The Decisive Separation



Anglo-Saxon Resistance



Measures of Pure Conception


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index