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The Measure of All Things by Ken Alder
29.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
The Measure of All Things tells the story of how science, revolutionary politics and the dream of a new economy converged to produce both the metric system and the first struggle over globalization. Amidst the scientific fervour of the Revolution two French scientists, Delambre and Mechain, were sent ou ...Show more
The Measure of All Things - The Seven-Year Odyssey that Transformed the World by Ken Alder
39.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Amidst the fervour of the Revolution, two French scientists were sent on an expedition to measure the world and establish the metre, which was to be one ten-millionth the distance from pole to equator. As one went north and the other south, their experiences diverged just as radically.
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