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Walking Zero: discovering cosmic space and time along the Prime Meridian.

RAYMO, Chet.

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Small 8vo. xiii, [1], 194 pp. Figs., index. Hardcover, dust-jacket. Embossed stamp of Alan Bishop. Very good. ISBN: 0802714943 The author uses the prime meridian - the line of zero longitude and t...

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Small 8vo. xiii, [1], 194 pp. Figs., index. Hardcover, dust-jacket. Embossed stamp of Alan Bishop. Very good. ISBN: 0802714943 The author uses the prime meridian - the line of zero longitude and the standard for all the world's maps and clocks - to reconstruct the story of humankind's intellectual journey from a cosmos not much larger than ourselves to the universe of the galaxies and geologic eons. Jacket. Raymo was associated with Stonehill College.

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ISBN: 0802714943
ISBN-13: 9780802714947
Publisher: Walker, 2006.
Year: 2006
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover

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Walking Zero: discovering cosmic space and time along the Prime Meridian.

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