Measuring the Universe: The Historical Quest to Quantify Space
by Ferguson, Kitty
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0747221324
- ISBN 13
- 9780747221326
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Headline, 1999. Cloth, xiv, 306 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations, portraits; 18 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "This informative text tells the story of how man has attempted to measure distance in space, ranging from early experiments in working out the circumference of the earth, through estimates of distance to the nearest stars, to developments in theories as to what is beyond the observable universe." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo. Collectible.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200166
- Title
- Measuring the Universe: The Historical Quest to Quantify Space
- Author
- Ferguson, Kitty
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0747221324
- ISBN 13
- 9780747221326
- Publisher
- Headline
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES;
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- Fine
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- 12mo
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.