The Measure of the World by Arthur Goldhammer, Denis Guedj

The Measure of the World

Arthur Goldhammer, Denis Guedj

310 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
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On June 24, 1792, two large traveling coaches left the Tuileries, one for Dunkirk and the other for Barcelona. Their passengers, Pierre Méchain and Jean-Baptiste Delambre, were astronomers charged by the French Revolutionary government with the ta...

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