Defining and Measuring Nature: The make of all things

Weights and measures form an essential part of our ingrained view of the world. It is just about impossible to function effectively without some internalized system of measurement, enabling us to estimate and judge size, weight, duration, distance and value. In this volume, author Jeffrey Huw Williams outlines a history of the science of measurement, and the origin of the International System of Units (SI).

The simplicity and coherence of the metric system is outlined, and this book demonst...