Beyond Measure
Beyond Measure
- Author/Seller
- James Vincent
- SKU:
- 9780571373826
$33.00
A revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you look at the world around youanew.
We measure rainfall and radiation, the depths of space and the emptiness of atoms, calories and steps, happiness and
fear. If we could not measure then we could not observe the world around us; we could not experiment, learn, and cooperate. But why did this urge to measure flourish? And when did measurement become ubiquitous?
It is an incredible story that spans hunter-gatherer societies to ancient Egyptians, the French Revolution to the relentless
quantification of the twenty-first century self. It is a tale that tracks humanity's search for dependable truths in a chaotic
universe. Full of mavericks and visionaries, adventure and breakthroughs, Beyond Measure shows that measurement has
not only made the world we live in, it has made us too.
We measure rainfall and radiation, the depths of space and the emptiness of atoms, calories and steps, happiness and
fear. If we could not measure then we could not observe the world around us; we could not experiment, learn, and cooperate. But why did this urge to measure flourish? And when did measurement become ubiquitous?
It is an incredible story that spans hunter-gatherer societies to ancient Egyptians, the French Revolution to the relentless
quantification of the twenty-first century self. It is a tale that tracks humanity's search for dependable truths in a chaotic
universe. Full of mavericks and visionaries, adventure and breakthroughs, Beyond Measure shows that measurement has
not only made the world we live in, it has made us too.
