The Values of Precision

The Values of Precision
Author: M. Norton Wise
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1997-04-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780691016016

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.

NIST Serial Holdings

NIST Serial Holdings
Author: National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2002
Genre: Engineering
ISBN: