Measure for Measure The Story of Imperial, Metric, and Other Units

Name: Measure for Measure The Story of Imperial, Metric, and Other Units
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ISBN: 9780801870729

ISBN-10: 0801870720

ISBN-13: 9780801870729

Edition: 2002

Authors: Alex Hebra

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From the cubit used by Noah to build the ark to the angstrom in spectroscopy, units of measure have been integral to science and engineering. Throughout history, countless systems of measurement have been devised and then discarded as more precise and more logical systems have come along. While most of the world has adopted the metric system, the United States -- with the curious exception of soda bottles -- adheres to the imperial system, even though the country has officially been a metric nation since 1893, when Thomas Corwin Mendenhall declared metric prototypes the country's "fundamental standards of length and mass." The convenience of the base-ten metric system is undeniable, and so…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 6/2/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 5.87" wide x 8.74" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Blessing Our Countings: Units and Numbers



Going to Great Lengths



Degrees of Separation: Angles and Solid Angles



The "Obvious" Unit of Time



Weighty Matters: Of Mass and Force



Gravimetric Standards



The Matter with Mass



Empire of Light: Luminosity and Intensity



Hot Stuff: Temperature, Pressure, and Thermodynamics



The Missing Link: Energy



Compound Units



Invasion of Aliens and Nihilists



The Inter(galactic)net



Units, Physics, and Mathematics



Conversion Tables


Suggested Reading


Bibliography


Index