Bound To Stay Bound

		Measuring up : how Oliver Smoot became a standard unit of measurement  Author: Lacika, Jenny  Publisher:  Candlewick Press (2025)  Dewey: 530  Classification: Biography  Physical Description: [30] p., col. ill., 27 cm  BTSB No: 536574  ISBN: 9781536230123  Ages: 5-8  Grades: K-3  Subjects:  Smoot, Oliver, -- 1940-  Weights and measures  Measurement  Mathematics
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Summary:
Invites readers over to the sillier side of mathematics and encourages them to play with measurement in their own lives. As for the smoot? This unorthodox unit of measure is now cemented into history, in sidewalk markings on a certain Cambridge-to-Boston bridge. Find out more about smoots, MIT pranks, unusual measurements, and further reading in the back matter.