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Bezig met laden... Le Mètre du monde (origineel 1987; editie 2003)door Denis Guedj
Informatie over het werkHet meten van de wereld door Denis Guedj (Author) (1987)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. À la demande des carnets de doléances rédigés par les Français à la veille de la Révolution, les États généraux décrètent la nécessité d'uniformiser les poids et mesures. But ultime, assurer l'égalité entre les citoyens et montrer (et imposer) au monde la primauté de la France. Il va s'agir dès lors de mesurer le méridien de Dunkerque à Barcelone, dans un pays à feu et à sang. Une histoire des sciences vulgarisée, mais qui aurait bénéficié d'être vraiment romancée. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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On June 24, 1792, two large traveling coaches left the Tuileries, one for Dunkirk and the other for Barcelona. Their passengers, Pierre Méchain and Jean-Baptiste Delambre, were astronomers charged by the French Revolutionary government with the task of measuring the meridian that passes through these two cities in order to devise one universal unit of measure, "for all time and for all men," the meter. The Measure of the World by Denis Guedj tells the story of this strange and wonderful effort. Not a traditional history of science, the book is a novelistic account of the measurement project that relies heavily on archival sources. A more "traditional" history could not possibly describe how a sober scientific enterprise could turn into a journey filled with adventures and experiences so bizarre as to be hardly credible. In the tumultuous days of revolutionary and postrevolutionary France, Méchain and Delambre were objects of suspicion as they traveled through the provinces, climbing steeples and deploying strange instrumentsthey were detained as spies, taken for charlatans or fleeing royalists, and arrested for debt. Their perilous labors lasted until 1799, when the meter was formally established. Arthur Goldhammer's crisp translation of this wonderful novel retains the flavor of the original, and an appendix explaining Guedj's use of historical materials is included. A vivid re-creation of a fascinating and troubling period in history juxtaposed with the achievement of a complicated scientific undertaking, The Measure of the World is a marvelous book-not science fiction, but fiction about science. Denis Guedj is the author of La évolution des savants and L'Empire des nombres, among other books. La Mesure du monde was awarded the Prix d'Institut in 1989. Arthur Goldhammer is an award-winning translator who has translated works by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Jacques Le Goff, and Jean Starobinski. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)843.914Literature French and related languages French fiction Modern Period 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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