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Beyond Measure The Hidden History Of Measurement 2022 James Vincent

SKU: BELL-43493580

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Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd

File Extension: EPUB

File size: 7.72 MB

Pages: 398

Author: James Vincent

Language: English

Year: 2022

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Beyond Measure The Hidden History Of Measurement 2022 James Vincent by James Vincent instant download after payment.

The very first measurement, like the first word or first melody, is lost to time: impossible to localise and difficult even to imagine. Yet it was a hugely significant act: another addition to that nest of primeval consciousness that grew in the brains of our ancestors hundreds of thousands of years ago, and that would eventually set us apart from the other animals of the plain. For measurement, like speech and play, is a cornerstone of cognition. It encourages us to pay attention to the boundaries of the world, to notice where the line ends and the scales tip. It requires that we compare one portion of reality to another and describe the differences, creating a scaffold for knowledge.

Measurement is the root of all tectonic arts, enabling construction and urban living, and the beginning of quantitative science. If we could not measure, then we could not observe the world around us; could not experiment and learn. Measurement allows us to record the past and by doing so uncover patterns that help predict the future. And finally, it is a tool of social cohesion and control, letting us coordinate individual effort into something greater than the sum of its parts. Measurement has not only made the world we live in, it has made us too.