Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures : Their SI Equivalences and Origins /

Mankind has a fascination with measurement. Down the centuries we have produced a plethora of incompatible and duplicatory systems for measuring everything from the width of an Egyptian pyramid to the concentration of radioactivity near a nuclear reactor and the value of the fine structure constant....

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Main Author:	Cardarelli, François
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Springer London, 2003.
Subjects:	Engineering. Chemistry. Medicine. Computer science. Life sciences. Physics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book