Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
¿Cómo mides la longitud y la distancia? = ¿Cómo mides la longitud y la distancia? = Thomas K. Adamson "Simple text and color photographs describe the units and tools used to measure length and distance--in both English and Spanish"-- OL16213923W
Length Length Henry Pluckrose Photographs and text introduce the concept of lenght and how to measure it. OL1806559W
How Long or How Wide? How Long or How Wide? Brian P. Cleary Brian Cleary and Brian Gable bring their trademark sense of humor to the subject of measuring length. A rhyming text filled with funny examples explains how to use and compare metric and U.S. customa… OL1934269W
Let's look at sizes Let's look at sizes Nicola Tuxworth Photographs explore the concept of size, including big and little, big, bigger, biggest, and same size. OL19678153W
Mathematics of Multiscale Materials Mathematics of Multiscale Materials Kenneth M. Golden Polycrystalline metals, porous rocks, colloidal suspensions, epitaxial thin films, gels, foams, granular aggregates, sea ice, shape-memory metals, magnetic materials, and electro-rheological fluids a… OL19886465W
Measure it! Measure it! Rachel First Provides an introduction to measurement of length and distance and the two systems that are used to calculate them. OL20894699W
The inch book The inch book Elise Richards Peter learns how to measure inches and feet. OL2179081W
Length Length Peter Patilla Reveals how the way we measure has changed over the ages. From Ancient Greece to modern science, you will discover lengths so short they are invisible, and others simply too huge to imagine. OL22584668W
A day at mini-golf A day at mini-golf Donna Loughran "The mathematical concept of units of measurement is introduced as a family plays mini-golf. Readers learn how to measure the length of an object in standard and metric units, using inches, feet, yar… OL22640148W
Distance Distance Brenda Walpole Explains the elements of distance, from body measures to standard systems, furlongs and calipers, scale drawings, maps, and perspective. OL2431998W