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The revolutionary adventures of two scientists who inaugurated the metric system.
Winner of the 2003 Dingle Prize for the best book on the history of science.



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all the pace and plot of a historical adventure novel, as though Longitude had been crossed with A Tale of Two Cities, with a measure of Don Quixote thrown in * The Sunday TIMES *
riveting account of the origins of the metric system... an eye-opener * The DAILY TELEGRAPH *

The Measure of All Things

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      Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 6/3/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780349115078, 978-0349115078
      ISBN10: 0349115079
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      Science & Nature History of science

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The revolutionary adventures of two scientists who inaugurated the metric system.
      Winner of the 2003 Dingle Prize for the best book on the history of science.



      Trade Review
      all the pace and plot of a historical adventure novel, as though Longitude had been crossed with A Tale of Two Cities, with a measure of Don Quixote thrown in * The Sunday TIMES *
      riveting account of the origins of the metric system... an eye-opener * The DAILY TELEGRAPH *

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