TY  - GEN
AU  - Sharada, G.
AU  - Sarkar, Sanjay
TI  - Treasure in measure
SN  - 9789380076485
U1  - 530.8 SHA 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Children's Book Trust
KW  - Standard Measurement
KW  - Thermometer
KW  - Scale
KW  - Units of Measurement
KW  - Time
KW  - Children
N2  - Need for measurement arose when land holdings had to be measured after every flooding of the Nile. In time measuring became an accepted norm and different nations devised different units...different measures. To avoid inconsistency and ambiguity, standardization of measurement was necessary. The book traces this journey of numbers and units and unveils treasured nuggets of information hidden in the quantified data

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ER  -