The Measure of all things
Inbunden bok. The Free Press. 2002. 422 sidor.
Mycket gott skick. Skyddsomslag i mycket gott skick. oläst; mycket omfattande noter och index; 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-François-André Méchain voyaged south to Barcelona. Their mission was to measure the world, and their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator—a standard that would be used “for all people, for all time. Kh
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 074321675X
- Titel
- The measure of all things - the seven-year odyssey and hidden error that transformed the world
- Författare
- Alder, Ken
- Förlag
- Free Press
- Utgivningsår
- 2002
