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We love the metric system - you love the metric system!
But... what if it wasn't perfect?
Will tells Rod the story of dozenalism!
The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, proudly brought to you by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!
Sources:
Svalbard: French Revolutionary (Decimal) Time; https://svalbard.watch/pages/about_decimal_time.html
Wikipedia: Units of measurement in France; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_measurement_in_France
Today I found out: A GENIUS AMONG US: THE SAD STORY OF WILLIAM J. SIDIS; www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/genius-among-us-sad-story-william-j-sidis/
New York Times: Sidis Could Read at Two Years Old: 18 October 1909.
The Listener: Twelves and Tens A.C.AITKEN on the case against the system of decimalization; www.dozenalsociety.org.uk/archives/aitken.html

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We love the metric system - you love the metric system!
But... what if it wasn't perfect?
Will tells Rod the story of dozenalism!
The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, proudly brought to you by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!
Sources:
Svalbard: French Revolutionary (Decimal) Time; https://svalbard.watch/pages/about_decimal_time.html
Wikipedia: Units of measurement in France; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_measurement_in_France
Today I found out: A GENIUS AMONG US: THE SAD STORY OF WILLIAM J. SIDIS; www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/genius-among-us-sad-story-william-j-sidis/
New York Times: Sidis Could Read at Two Years Old: 18 October 1909.
The Listener: Twelves and Tens A.C.AITKEN on the case against the system of decimalization; www.dozenalsociety.org.uk/archives/aitken.html

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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