A Quantum Method for the Appreciation of the Morphology of the Face

As early as 1800 Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827), the astronomer and mathematician, pointed out to his fellow men the wisdom and utility of a single prime meridian for the scientific determination of geographical longitudes. “It is desirable,” he wrote, “that all the Nations of Europe, in place of arranging geographical longitude from their own observatories, should agree to compute it from the same meridian, one indicated by nature herself, in order to determine it for all time to come. Such an arrangement would introduce into the science of geography the same uniformity which is already enjoyed in the calendar and the arithmetic, and, extended to the numerous objects of their mutual relations, would make of the diverse peoples one family only