The Measure of All Things (solution)
by Seth Schoen with computer assistance from Andrew Lin
Each of the people or fictional characters depicted has a first or last name (not both) that is a homophone, or a near-homophone, of a unit of measurement.
- punky BREWSTER
- GRAEME base
- MAXWELL smart
- MEGAWATI sukarnoputri
- oliver STONE
- doris DAY
- ROD serling
- lieutenant COLUMBO
- mr. DARCY
- samuel FOOTE
- HENRY james
- ezra POUND
- JEWEL
They are arranged into the formula:
17/16 (brewster gram maxwell megawatt stone)² day rod / (coulomb darcy foot henry pound)² joule
which is approximately equal to 1 POISE.