The Sizesaurus by Stephen Strauss (1995, Hardcover) 
The Sizesaurus by Stephen Strauss (1995, Hardcover)
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc
Publication Date: 1995-09-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1568361106
ISBN-13: 9781568361109
Product ID: EPID377700
Description: Essays and trivia collected by the author on relative measurements, arranged in tables and drawings that lend themselves to quizzes.
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Synopsis
Essays and trivia collected by the author on relative measurements, arranged in tables and drawings that lend themselves to quizzes.

Details
Publication Date:1995-09-01

Size
Height:9.8 in
Width:7.5 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:21.6 oz

Publisher's Note
The Sizesaurus is a book for every bewildered baker who's puzzled over how skimpy a "scant" teaspoon of cinnamon should be, for every rock 'n' roll fan who'd wondered about the potential hearing damage from amplified music, and for every armchair scientist who'd like to know how big the Big Bang really was. Stephen Strauss's entertaining compendium of measurement facts and comparisons will help readers answer hundreds of perplexing questions that are rarely solved in conventional reference books. Strauss considers the entire world of measuring, and discovers that every method of measurement - from biblical times to the present - speaks volumes about the cultural assumptions of the society in which each originates. In later sections Strauss moves on to the Wordsaurus, a complete glossary of measurement terms, and finally to the Sizesaurus itself, in which detailed conversion tables provide common equivalents of scientific measurements. These handy conversion tables compare ounces against centigrams, inches against centimeters, Celsius against Fahrenheit, and so on. The Sizesaurus is truly a thesaurus of measurements that allows readers to understand how measurement affects everything in our world, from sound to heat to food to computers to electricity to outer space.

Industry Reviews
How hot Hell is, how much is a scant teaspoon, the evolution of the supposed universal metric system, and the starting speed of a rifle bullet compared to creatures ranging from a rat flea to humans, are among the witty but informative facts and perspectives offered by Canadian journalist Strauss. More a leisure than a scholarly work, but could be used to interest high school students in various subjects. No bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Reference & Research Book News (05/01/1996)

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