The Story of Measurement

As one would expect with a book from Thames & Hudson, this is a well‐designed volume packed with illustrations. It has its origin in research that the author carried out whilst producing other books. Having collected this information it is now presented as the story of measurement. In the introduction the author explores the necessity of measurement and the implication of control that measurement implies. This is followed by three sections, the meaning of measurement, measuring nature and measuring man, each subdivided into chapters. Measuring man has chapters on mind, body and society. The chapters consist of a number of...