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Political union through science

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The metric system is one of the enduring achievements of the French Revolution. Martin Milton recounts how it was also intended to unite nations.

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Milton, M.J.T. Political union through science. Nat. Phys. 17, 286 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-01155-2

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