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Why does the size of a space shuttle's fuel tanks have more to do with a horse's rump than rocket science? Is there a correlation between the humble pint and the capacity of the human bladder? And why is an old Wellington boot as important an instrument of spacial awareness as was ever invented? About the Size of It is a hugely entertaining history of traditional weights and measures that will make you look at your everyday world in a completely different way . . .
'A full and convincing account of why our well-tried and trusted traditional measures make human sense' Alexander McCall Smith
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'Absolutely masterly. Lucid and wise and touching and absolutely right' Jilly Cooper
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'Fun and fascinating - the secrets and tricks of how we measure the world around us' Conn Iggulden
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Born in 1962 in Dagenham, Warwick Cairns now lives in Windsor with his wife and two daughters. After studying English and Psychology at Keele and English at Yale, he went on to drill wells on a Sioux reservation in Dakota and travel to Africa with Wilfred Thesiger, before settling on a career in advertising. This is his first book.
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- PublisherPan
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0330450301
- ISBN 13 9780330450300
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- Number of pages160
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