History and measurement of the base and derived units
Auteur :
Treese, Steven A.
Éditeur :
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN :
9783030084851
Date de publication :
26 déc. 2018
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
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.