The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World by Ken Alder

The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World

Ken Alder

448 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
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In June 1792, amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey. Starting in Paris, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre would make his way north to Dunkirk, while Pierre-Franço...

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