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The Values of Precision
Overview
This finite study examines how exactitude has come to occupy such a prominent place in Western culture. Beginning with the late 18th century and continuing into the 20th, the essays here support the view that centralizing states and large-scale commercial enterprises have long been the major promoters of numerical precision. Photos & illus.
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- ISBN-13: 9780691016016
- ISBN-10: 0691016011
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publish Date: April 1997
- Dimensions: 8.52 x 6.76 x 0.93 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.25 pounds
- Page Count: 380
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