ISBN10: 074321675X, ISBN13: 9780743216753, [publisher: Free Press] Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover Book with Jacket.
[Bellingham, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]

Old Tappan, New Jersey:: The Free Press, (Date: 2002)., 2002. 8vo. x, 422 pp. Illus., index. Cloth, dust-jacket. Very good. "Alder delivers a triple whammy with this elegant history of technology, acute cultural chronicle and riveting intellectual adventure built around Delambre's and Mechain's famed meridian expedition of 1792-1799 to calculate the length of the meter." - Publishers Weekly. ISBN: 074321675X / 0-7432-1675-X 2002. The Free Press, (2002). ISBN 074321675X CH

Date: 2002 1st edition 1st printing with full number line. Light tanning on dj flaps, small stain and a bit of sunning on cover , a hint of soil on edge ,else fine . 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

FREE PRESS 2002 FIRST PRINT hardcover USED: VERY GOOD in USED: VERY GOOD jacket Size: 6x1x9; HISTORY ASTRONOMY/REMAINDER.

New York, New York, U. S. A.: Free Press, Date: 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bce. (Book Club Edition). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Book Is Bound In Black Paper Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

Free Press, Date: 2002. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

Paperback. Very Good. ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [GB]

Free Press, Date: 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Light edgewear and corner bumps, else tight and clean. DJ shows light edgewear. 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

Free Press, Date: 2002-10-03. Hardcover. Good. 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

Free Press, Date: 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Clean throughout. DJ not price clipped. 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

ISBN10: 074321675X, ISBN13: 9780743216753, [publisher: The Free Press, New York] Hardcover First Edition "The Seven Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World". Story of the two astronomers, who set out to measure the world. One of them (Mechain) apparently made an error which drove him to madness. The other, Delambre, was faced with a terrible dilemma. Very well researched by a scholar of the French Revolution and the History of Science. Book is fine but for owner inscription on ffep in like jacket. 422 pp.
[Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]

Free Press, Date: 2002. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover in dust jacket, minor wear, remainder mark bottom page edge, pages bright binding tight, a very nice copy! 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

New York, New York, U. S. A.: Free Press, Date: 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition/First Printing (Number Line With The One Present). Includes Bibliographical References, Acknowledgments, Index And Chapter Notes. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With Brown Paper Over One Quarter Orange. Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has Two Minor Bumps To The Spine Ends. The Unclipped Jacket Has Minor Wear And Some Creasing To The Upper Back Edge. 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

Free Press, Date: 2002-09-24. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minimal wear/tear to jacket. Clean, unmarked pages. Remainder mark. 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

NY/London. Free Press. (cDate: 2002) HARDCOVER.. Fine/Fine dj. (book & jacket like new: no writings, no tears) 8vo. Color frontispieces + numerous drawings & facsimiles in black & white. x. + 422pp. Includes Source Notes, Bibliography, Index. Brown & orange boards, deckle edge. NOT a remainder or book club. First Edition - Printing per print line. Not a remainder or book club. Book & jacket like new: no writings, no tears. 2002. Free Press. ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

Free Press, Date: 2002. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. "The truth belongs to everyone, but error is ours alone.""-- The Measure of All Things"Amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions from Paris to measure the world, one voyaging north to Dunkirk, the other south to Barcelona. Their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator, a standard that has since swept the planet. "The Measure of All Things" is the astonishing story of one of history's greatest scientific quests, a mission to measure the Earth and define the meter for all nations and for all time.Yet when Ken Alder located the long-lost correspondence between the two men, along with their mission logbooks, he stumbled upon a two-hundred-year-old secret, and a drama worthy of the great French playwrights. The meter, it turns out, is in error. One of the two astronomers, Pierre-Franois-Andre Mechain, made contradictory measurements from Barcelona and, in a panic, covered up the discrepancy. The guilty knowledge of his misdeed drove him to the brink of madness, and ultimately to his death. Only then -- after the meter had already been publicly announced -- did his partner, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre, discover the truth and face a fateful choice: what matters more, the truth or the appearance of the truth? To tell the story, Alder has not only worked in archives throughout ...

Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ...; ...; . . Hardcover. Free Press, 2002. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Near Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Light shelf wear to Book and Jacket. Overall, a clean and tight copy. . Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. . ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

New York: Free Press, Date: 2002. 422pp. Index. Light wear.. 19th Impression. Buckram. VG/VG. 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

Free Press, September Date: 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good/Good. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed. Dust jacket is price clipped. 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

New York: Free Press. Hardcover. Date: 2002. 1st Edition. 8vo 422pp . Fine in Fine DJ. Maps Remainder mark on bottom edges The story of two intrepid astronomers, Delambre and Mechain, who set out to measure the world. Their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator . 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

Free Press, Date: 2002-09-24. Hardcover. Good. One note at rear of book, o/w clean text. 1st/1st, First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Good. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers/corners; satisfaction guaranteed. Hardcover with Dust Jacket, wrinkled along top edge. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973. Book has a remainder mark on edges of pages or elsewhere. 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

Date: 2002. 2002 Alder, Ken THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS; THE SEVEN YEAR ODYSSEY AND HIDDEN ERROR THAT TRANSFORMED THE WORLD NY: The Free Press, c2002 first printing 422pp, index, notes, black and white illustrations 8vo Remainder mark on lower edge of textblock, else fine hardcover in near fine d/j. 2002. ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

ISBN10: 074321675X, ISBN13: 9780743216753, [publisher: Free Press] Hardcover First Edition 2002 Alder, Ken THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS; THE SEVEN YEAR ODYSSEY AND HIDDEN ERROR THAT TRANSFORMED THE WORLD NY: The Free Press, c2002 first printing 422pp, index, notes, black and white illustrations 8vo Remainder mark on lower edge of textblock, else fine hardcover in near fine d/j.
[Columbia, MO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]

Free Press, Date: 2002-09-24. Hardcover. Used:Good. 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]

Fine in Fine Dust Jacket Date: 2002. Free Press ISBN 074321675X 9780743216753 [US]