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International System of Units (SI) - How the World Measures Almost Everything, and the People Who Made It Possible (Paperback)
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International System of Units (SI) - How the World Measures Almost Everything, and the People Who Made It Possible (Paperback)
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Overview International System of Units (SI) (Print On-Demand
Edition) is a one-of-a-kind book. It provides detailed information
on the metric system, its origin, history, and how the base and
derived units were established. The book has four chapters
(Measurement Systems, the International System of Units,
Metrication in the United States, and United States Metric
Association), appendices, an afterword, and references. The book is
principally aimed at educating students in the United States, but
it will also be of interest to anyone who enjoys the popular
sciences. This is a Print-On-Demand title. It has a CD-ROM
companion (ISBN 978-0-8311-3466-2) for which publication has
ceased. Dr. Edmund Isakov. Ph.D., has enjoyed a long and
distinguished career in metalworking. He earned his Doctor of
Philosophy degree in Mechanical Engineering at the V. Bakul
Institute for Superhard Materials (Kiev, Ukraine). He is known for
his work in research, development and applications of cuttting
tools for milling, turning and boring. Dr. Isakov has authored
Mechanical Properties of Work Materials and numerous articles and
papers on metalcutting. He holds several U.S. patents and numerous
U.S.S.R Inventor's Certificates pertaining to carbide and diamond
tools. during nearly two decades at Kennametal, Inc., he became a
noted authority on the technical analysis of cutting tools. Dr.
Isakov is now an independent consulant and manufacturing sciences
writer based in Florida. He is a senior member of SME.Introduction
Chapter 1: Measurement Systems Brief history of the English System
Brief history of the Metric System Chapter 2: International System
of Units (SI) SI Base Units of Measurement SI Derived Units of
Measurement Chapter 3: Metrication in the United States Brief
history Current usage of the metric units Chapter 4: United States
Metric Association (USMA) USMA establishment Brief history Summary
of metric usage in the United States Appendix 1: Signatories to the
Meter Convention (Treaty of the Meter) Appendix 2: Associate States
of the CGPM Appendix 3: CGPM Meetings Appendix 4: Prefixes for
Multiples and Submultiples of the SI units Appendix 5: Medals
awarded to scientists, after whom the units of measurement are
named Appendix 6: Standard Inductor Values Appendix 7: The Sixteen
Bronze Statues Appendix 8: Temperature Conversion Formulas
References Index - Biographical Names
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