Precise Dimensions: A History Of Units From 1791-2018

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 advance of the proposed redefinition of the SI base units at the General Conference on Weights and Measures in 2018.

• | Author: Malcolm Cooper, Jim Grozier
• | Publisher: Iop Publishing Ltd
• | Publication Date: Nov 16, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 184 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Science
• | ISBN-10: 0750314850
• | ISBN-13: 9780750314855