AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
2min chapter
Why would Boris Johnson want to bring back imperial units?
Science Weekly
The History of the Metric System
The human body is more or less consistent in size. It is always accessible your units. And this brings us to the metric system. I think it was about standardizing this huge array of units the people were using in france in the eighteenth century, which were causing their fair share of problems themselves. They want one king, one law, one weight and one measure, because they had up of being cheated.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode