The Creation of the Smoot Measurement

This chapter discusses the story of how a unit of measurement called the Smoot was created by students at MIT, who decided to estimate the length of a bridge using this unit. It explains how a smoot is exactly the height of Oliver Smoot, one of their classmates, and how they measured the Harvard Bridge using smoots as the unit of measure. The chapter concludes by highlighting the historical significance and charm of using the smoot as a unit of measurement.