The history of measurement—how different units came to be, why they’re the specific sizes that they are, etc.—is the kind of topic you don’t often consider until someone like James Vincent writes a book about it. In Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants, and in conversation, James reveals how societies have m…
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