The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
Ken Alder
The story of the creation of the metric system in 1792 traces the endeavors of Delambre and Mechain, the backlash of superstitious contemporaries, and the mistake that drove Mechain to the brink of madness.
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