The Story of Measurement
£11.33
A fascinating collection - A superb collection of easy to read and digest essays covering a vast range of subjects from paper sizes to volcanoes. It s a lovely book to dip into when you feel the need to expand your knowledge.
Not really a story, just very short series of 2-page articles - The main item missing from this is a story. This is a series of articles, few of which are connected. There is nothing wrong with the items, although because of the shortness of the text on each item there isn t much detail. If you want some basic background on a range of measuremnet topics this is fine, if you want a detailed discussion of the history of measurement and the characters linking the history, look elsewhere.