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

Pocket • 2003 • Engelsk

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

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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-Francois-Andre Mechain 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...Vis mer

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ISBN

9780743216760

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FREE PRESS

Publiseringsår

2003

Språk

Engelsk

Originaltittel

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

Format

Pocket

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