Beyond Measure

A revelatory and vibrant story of measurement whichwill make you look at the world around you anew.We measure rainfall and radiation, the depths of space and theemptiness of atoms, calories and steps, happiness and fear. Ifwe could not measure, then we could not observe the worldaround us; we could not experiment, learn and cooperate.But why did this urge to measure flourish? And when didmeasurement become ubiquitous?It is an incredible story that spans hunter-gatherer societiesand the ancient Egyptians, the French Revolution and therelentless quantication of the twenty-rst-century self. It isa tale that tracks humanity’s search for dependable truths in achaotic universe. Full of mavericks and visionaries, adventureand breakthroughs, Beyond Measure shows that measurementhas not only made the world we live in, it has made us too.