Book summaryWhy is a meter exactly one meter long? MEASURE OF ALL THINGS offers that answer, revisiting Delambre's and Mechain's 1792-99 meridian expedition to calculate the length of the meter. Alder draws on original documents that describe not only the journey but also a mistake in calculation and its cover-up that would haunt Mechain over the years. Media reviews"Ken Alder's exhaustive book about the flawed (but not failed) attempt to create a new unit of measurement, the metre, amid the chaos of France in the 1790s strikes just the right balance between pop and science." |
The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error that Transformed the Worldby ALDER, KEN
Book desription: New York: Free Press, 2002. Softcover. Fine/No. First edition, advance reading copy. Softcover. Fine book in pictorial wrappers.
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