by Denis Guedj · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782221091043
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«La Méridienne» is the historical novel by Denis Guedj, published by Robert Laffont in paperback in 1999 (302 pages, in French).
Astronomers Pierre Méchain and Jean-Baptiste Delambre measure the meridian between Dunkirk and Barcelona to define the metre. In revolutionary France, their instruments and safe-conducts make them suspect: they are mistaken for spies and end up arrested. Guedj fictionalises this seven-year expedition through archives, bell towers and prisons.
The original edition dates from 1997; this Robert Laffont edition is from 1999 and contains 302 pages in French.
For readers interested in the history of science, the French Revolution and travel narratives.
Denis Guedj was a French novelist and a professor of the History of Science at Paris VIII University. He was born in Setif. He spent many years devising courses and games to teach adults and children math. He is the author of Numbers: The Universal Language and of the novel The Parrot's Theorem. He died in Paris.
