Who Invented the Meter?
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This is a meter. But it’s not THE meter. The meter isn’t a physical object, locked away in a secret vault somewhere. The meter is a math problem. Take the distance light travels in one second and cut it into this many chunks, that’s how we define a meter. But why that number? Why not this many chunks? Or this many? It’s the fundamental unit of the metr-ic system, a unit built into the very foundations of physics, so surely something in the basic laws of the universe explains why a meter is… a meter. But that’s not the case. The real story is full of discovery, deception, and a lot of people getting their heads cut off. [OPEN] 1789. The French people have a lot of problems with the monarchy, and now Louis was gonna hear about it. In thei...
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This is a meter. But it’s not THE meter. The meter isn’t a physical object, locked away in a secret vault somewhere. The meter is a math problem. Take the distance light travels in one second and cut it into this many chunks, that’s how we define a meter. But why that number? Why not this many chunks? Or this many? It’s the fundamental unit of the metr-ic system, a unit built into the very foundations of physics, so surely something in the basic laws of the universe explains why a meter is… a meter. But that’s not the case. The real story is full of discovery, deception, and a lot of people getting their heads cut off. [OPEN] 1789. The French people have a lot of problems with the monarchy, and now Louis was gonna hear about it. In thei...
