num_pages: 480
description: Amidst the fervour of the Revolution, two French scientists were sent on an expedition to measure the world and establish the metre, which was to be one ten-millionth the distance from pole to equator. As one went north and the other south, their experiences diverged just as radically.
language: English
title: TheMeasure of All Things by Alder, Ken ( Author ) ON Jun-03-2004, Paperback
titlecomplete: TheMeasure of All Things by Alder, Ken ( Author ) ON Jun-03-2004, Paperback
genres: Historical, History, Science, Geography, Mathematics, History Of Science, France, European History, World History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 963
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Dingle Prize
category: History of Science
publisher: Little, Brown Book Group