In 'Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea', Jules Verne describes the Nautilus’s library as containing twelve thousand books. How much space would twelve thousand volumes take up, and do the dimensions offered by Verne accommodate such space? In this video, we shall find out.

Music: 'No. 7 Alone with My Thoughts', by Esther Abrami (YouTube Music Library).

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