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Beyond Measure - The Hidden History of Measurement (Paperback, Export - Airside ed)
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Beyond Measure - The Hidden History of Measurement (Paperback, Export - Airside ed)
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Loot Price R467
Discovery Miles 4 670
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A revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you
look at the world around you anew. 'A wildly ambitious book by a
formidably talented young writer.' ROBERT MACFARLANE 'Vivid, epic,
and full of curiosities. This is a book to delight and fascinate.'
TIM HARFORD, bestselling author of How to Make the World Add Up
'Beyond Measure offers, with much intellectual flair and style, a
bracing new history: how the once innocent urge to quantification
took over our lives, our sense of ourselves and the world.' PANKAJ
MISHRA 'The exact value of this book is hard to quantify. Weighty,
precise and satisfyingly obsessive, it's also an absolute pleasure
to read.' SIMON GARFIELD, bestselling author of The Timekeepers 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 this practice hold
authority over so many aspects of our lives? Written with vim and
dazzling intelligence, James Vincent provides a fresh and original
perspective on human history as he tracks our long search for
dependable truths in a chaotic universe. Full of mavericks and
visionaries, adventure and the unexpected, Beyond Measure shows
that measurement has not only made the world we live in, it has
made us too. 'An epic story about humankind's relationship with the
physical world. Vincent is an erudite and perceptive guide, who
with energy and skill weaves history, science and reportage into an
enthralling tale.' ALEX BELLOS 'Telling the story of metrology is
not easy [but] Vincent is equal to the task . . . this book is
extremely good.' THE TIMES 'This quirky history is inch-perfect.'
FINANCIAL TIMES 'Gripping.' NEW SCIENTIST 'Worth its weight in gold
. . . Enlightening.' OBSERVER 'Fascinating . . . an erudite and
elegant read.' MAIL ON SUNDAY
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