Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures
Subtitle: Their SI Equivalences and Origins
Contributors: M.J. Shields (Translator)
Edition: 1st ed. 2003. 3rd printing edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 12, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 848
ISBN-13: 9781852336820
Subjects: Reference works; Scientific nomenclature & classification; Physics; Engineering - General; Technology; Science; Units; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - General; Technology / Engineering / General; Unit; conversion; measurement; metrication; Conversion tables; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Metric System; Units of measurement
First sentence: Books on the conversion of scientific units into their SI equivalents are relatively rare in scientific literature.