Precise dimensions : a history of units from 1791-2018 /

• Main Author: Cooper, Malcolm (Malcolm J.) (συγγραφέας.)
• Other Authors: Grozier, Jim (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol : IOP Publishing, c2017.
• Series: IOP expanding physics.
• Subjects: Μονάδες μέτρησης > Ιστορία; Μετρολογία > Ιστορία

Units are the foundation for all measurement of the natural world, and from which standard, our understanding develops. This book, stemming from a conference on the history of units organised by the editors, provides a detailed and discursive examination of the history of units within physics, in ad...