Measure of the Earth Indestructibles Her new life in town

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Measure of the Earth Indestructibles Her new life in townIn the early eighteenth century, at the peak of the Enlightenment, an unlikely team of European scientists and naval officers set out on the world's first international, cooperative scientific expedition. Intent on making precise astronomical measurements at the Equator, they were poised to resolve one of mankind's oldest mysteries: the true shape of the Earth. In Measure of the Earth, award winning science writer Larrie D. Ferreiro tells the full