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27 A Sense of Ounce
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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Jul 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Function Room 27 A Sense Of Ounce – The absolutely fascinating history of one of the most important hallmarks of our existence - how and why we measure things.
James Vincent has written a book, Beyond Measure about it and he joins me to talk about this thing we completely take for granted that has changed the world, been part of revolutions, where the metre is stored and also the very strange world of anti-metric guerillas.
James Vincent has written a book, Beyond Measure about it and he joins me to talk about this thing we completely take for granted that has changed the world, been part of revolutions, where the metre is stored and also the very strange world of anti-metric guerillas.
Released:
Jul 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (44)
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