Mesure D'un Arc De Parallele Moyen Entre Le Pôle Et L'équateur... [French]

By Joseph Brousseau

Mesure D'un Arc De Parallele Moyen Entre Le P le Et L' quateur... d taille les travaux g od siques entrepris pour mesurer avec pr cision un arc de m ridien. Cet ouvrage, fruit du travail de Joseph Brousseau, plonge le lecteur dans les d fis scientifiques et logistiques de la mesure de la Terre au XVIIIe si cle. Il met en lumi re l'importance cruciale de telles mesures pour la cartographie, la navigation et la compr hension de la forme exacte de notre plan te.

Le livre explore les m thodes utilis es, les instruments de mesure employ s, et les calculs complexes n cessaires pour d terminer la longueur d'un arc de parall le. Il constitue un t moignage pr cieux de l'histoire de la science et de l'ing niosit humaine face aux myst res de la g ographie. L'ouvrage int ressera les historiens des sciences, les g od sistes et tous ceux qui s'int ressent l'histoire de la mesure de la Terre.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 1274617677
• ISBN13: 9781274617675
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Nabu Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"