Liberty's grid : a founding father, a mathematical dreamland, and the shaping of America
by Alexander, Amir (Author)
Summary
"In 1784 Thomas Jefferson presented Congress with an audacious scheme to reshape the territory of the young United States: All western lands, he proposed, would be inscribed with a titanic rectilinear grid, aligned with the points of the compass. Why did the author of the Declaration of Independence... Full description