Quantification in science : the VNR dictionary of engineering units and measures / Michele Melaragno.
By: Melaragno, Michele G.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991Description: xv, 333 p. : ports. ; 23 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0442006411.Subject(s): Units of measurement -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Weights and measures -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Physics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Technology -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 530.0212Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 530.0212 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00015461 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This volume promotes order within the confusion of the many systems of units in existence. After establishing a clearer picture of science today, it examines the articulated language science by defining the units and their systems, and by offering a quick method to convert from one unit to another. Concise and to the point, it allows the reader to go from generalities to specifics-and vice versa-in a matter of minutes.
Includes index.
Schematic organization of modern sciences -- Scientists in physics -- Nobel prize winners in physics -- Scientists and units -- Units in the physical sciences and technology -- Systems in present use -- Abbreviations for units of measure used in the United States in science and engineering -- The conversion of units.