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The Measure of All Things by Ken Alder

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Author: Ken AlderPublisher: Simon & Schuster Audioworks
ISBN: 074352666XLength: Abridged
Format: AudioCondition: New
Category: Biography & MemoirSub-Category: --
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Why 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.

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Height:7.3 in.
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Weight:5.6 oz.

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The story of the creation of the metric system in 1792 traces the endeavors of Delambre and MGechain, the backlash of superstitious contemporaries, and the mistake that drove MGechain to the brink of madness.

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"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."
Economist  (12/12/2002)


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Ken Alder

THE MEASURE OF THINGS:  The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error that Transformed the World

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