| Physical description |
xiv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1 Blessing Our Countings: Units and Numbers 1 -- 2 Going to Great Lengths 23 -- 3 Degrees of Separation: Angles and Solid Angles 35 -- 4 "Obvious" Unit of Time 53 -- 5 Weighty Matters: Of Mass and Force 61 -- 6 Gravimetric Standards 67 -- 7 Matter with Mass 74 -- 8 Empire of Light: Luminosity and Intensity 82 -- 9 Hot Stuff: Temperature, Pressure, and Thermodynamics 98 -- 10 Missing Link: Energy 119 -- 11 Compound Units 141 -- 12 Invasion of Aliens and Nihilists 149 -- 13 Inter(galactic)net 176 -- 14 Units, Physics, and Mathematics 188. |
| Summary |
Will draw readers interested in recreational math. Hebra emphasizes how quantities are defined and derived from basic units, and converted from one system to another... Good fun for the numerically minded.-- "Booklist" |
| Subject |
Weights and measures -- History.
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| ISBN |
0801870720 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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