Measuring the Universe: The Historical Quest to Quantify Space by Kitty Ferguson (Author)

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Measuring the Universe: The Historical Quest to Quantify Space by Kitty Ferguson (Author)ISBN: 9780747221326 Publisher : Headline Book Publishing, March 11, 1999 Hardcover, 288 pages If you want to measure how big a stick is, you can use a ruler. Want to know how tall a windmill is? Don't waste time climbing to the top with a long measuring tape. Instead, use the old shadow trick measure the length of a yardstick's shadow, then measure the windmill's shadow and use ratios to figure out the windmill's height. Even though the windmill is

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