资讯

来自MSN1 个月
A unique look at the history of units of measurement | Hey Ray
When it comes to measuring things, there are some odd units of measurement out there. While measuring in feet is standard, there are many weirder ways to measure. Did you know a hand is a unit of ...
Harvard exhibit weighs in on history of colonial measurements
Weights, measures and classification systems may seem like innocuous ways of taking stock of the world around us. But the ...
The Bookseller2 年
Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement
How measurement became ubiquitous in modern life, shaping the world around us and our own lives. “This quirky history is inch-perfect”, said the Financial Times.
Indiatimes2 年
Powered by numbers and living by them: How the science of measurement has made the modern world
Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants by James Vincent is a vivid history of our obsession with classification and counting. We’re the only species ...
The New York Times2 年
A History of Humanity in Cubits, Fathoms and Feet
BEYOND MEASURE: The Hidden History of Measurement From Cubits to Quantum Constants, by James Vincent Reading James Vincent’s quietly thrilling new book, “Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of ...
The Local2 年
French history myths: The French invented the metric system of measurement
Each country had its own measurements and even the modern imperial system creates something of a mathematical challenge - for example in UK imperial measures there are 5,280 feet in a mile ...
Smithsonian Magazine2 个月
Review of ‘Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science’
Of the history of eyeglasses ... Einstein's most famous epigram was prompted by the question of what he would do if the measurements of bending starlight at the 1919 eclipse contradicted his ...