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Amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions from Paris to measure the world, one voyaging north to Dunkirk, the other south to Barcelona. Their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator, a standard that has since swept the planet. The Measure of All Things is the astonishing story of one of history's greatest scientific quests, a mission to measure the Earth and define the meter for all nations and for all time.
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all the pace and plot of a historical adventure novel, as though Longitude had been crossed with A Tale of Two Cities, with a measure of Don Quixote thrown in (The Sunday TIMES)
riveting account of the origins of the metric system... an eye-opener (The DAILY TELEGRAPH)
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riveting account of the origins of the metric system... an eye-opener (The DAILY TELEGRAPH)
Named as 'Best Book of 2002' by The Economist and has been selected as 'best book' by Discovery Magazine and a New York Times 'notable book'.
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- PublisherFree Pr
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0743244311
- ISBN 13 9780743244312
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