Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement by James Vincent

Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement

James Vincent

395 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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We measure rainfall and radiation, the depths of space and the emptiness of atoms, calories and steps, happiness and pain. But how did measurement become ubiquitous in modern life? When did humanity first take up scales and rulers, and why does th...

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