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History and Measurement of the Base and Derived Units

History and Measurement of the Base and Derived Units

Treese, Steven A.

Hardcover

Sports GeneralGeneral SciencePhysics

ISBN10: 3319775766
ISBN13: 9783319775760
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: May 31 2018
Pages: 1121
Weight: 5.15
Height: 2.86 Width: 6.43 Depth: 9.53
Language: English

This book discusses how and why historical measurement units developed, and reviews useful methods for making conversions as well as situations in which dimensional analysis can be used.
It starts from the history of length measurement, which is one of the oldest measures used by humans. It highlights the importance of area measurement, briefly discussing the methods for determining areas mathematically and by measurement. The book continues on to detail the development of measures for volume, mass, weight, time, temperature, angle, electrical units, amounts of substances, and light intensity. The seven SI/metric base units are highlighted, as well as a number of other units that have historically been used as base units.

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