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The Science of Measurement "A salty dose of high-seas"Klein is both a skilled reporter and a wide ranging humanistic scholar. The book is popular and learned, witty and serious, literary and mathematical always solid and entertaining." Los Angeles Times. Although the topic of measurement might seem to lend itself to a dry as dust treatment, this book is just the opposite: an engrossing, easy to read study that treats a multifaceted topic with wit, imagination, and wide ranging scholarship. Metrology,