Auf den Spuren genialer Forscher und Erfinder: Die Jagd nach dem Urmeter - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

During the 1790s French revolution, the still royal academy of science sanctions a project to create the metric system of universal measures on natural foundations, to substitute the chaotic feudal tradition of local and regional arbitrary...See moreDuring the 1790s French revolution, the still royal academy of science sanctions a project to create the metric system of universal measures on natural foundations, to substitute the chaotic feudal tradition of local and regional arbitrary measures. A key measure, for length, is to be the meter, defined as 1/10.000 of the meridian from equator to Northpole. A scientific expedition is the determine the exact length of the part of the one that goes trough Barcelona, Rodez and Paris by old-fashioned triangulation. Despite new advanced measuring equipment, the landscape and especially political circumstances, both wars and French internal regime brutality, make it a 9 year nightmare for the two scientists which start from opposite sides. Written by KGF Vissers See less