"Starting in the late eighteenth century, eleven main theories were proposed to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid. Even though some of these theories are well-known, there has never been a detailed examination of their origins and dissemination. More than twenty years of re…
Starting in the late eighteenth century, eleven main theories were proposed to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid. Even though some of these theories are well known, there has never been a detailed examination of their origins and dissemination. Twenty years of research usin…
"Starting in the late eighteenth century, eleven main theories were proposed to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid. Even though some of these theories are well-known, there has never been a detailed examination of their origins and dissemination. More than twenty years of re…
Measures and Men, considers times and societies in which weighing and measuring were meaningful parts of everyday life and weapons in class struggles. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available pr…
Measures and Men, considers times and societies in which weighing and measuring were meaningful parts of everyday life and weapons in class struggles. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available pr…
L'instauration du système métrique décimal à l'aube de la Révolution française ; l'universalité du système métrique : le quart de méridien terrestre est pris pour unité réelle, tandis que sa dix-millionième partie, le mètre, est prise pour unité usuelle ; l'aventure intellectuel…
This book contains contributions on some of the most important and current topics on the physics of low dimensional systems. <br/> The main emphasis is on the magnetic properties of surfaces, thin films, and atomic clusters. State-of-the-art techniques are discussed in detail. T…
