期刊全称 | A Brief History of the Metric System | 期刊简称 | From Revolutionary F | 影响因子2023 | Carmen J. Giunta | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Overviews the historic evolution of the metric system from its birth.Presents the roles of constants of nature in the formulation of the 18th-century metric system.Discusses the role of the metric sys | 学科分类 | SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .This book succinctly traces the history of the metric system from early modern proposals of decimal measures, to the birth of the system in Revolutionary France, through its formal international adoption under the supervision of an international General Committee of Weights and Measures (CGPM), to its later expansion into the International System of Units (SI), currently formulated entirely in terms of physical constants. The wide range of human activities that employ weights and measures, from practical commerce to esoteric science, influenced both the development and the diffusion of the metric system. The roles of constants of nature in the formulation of the 18th-century metric system and in the 21st-century reformulation of the SI are described. Finally, the status of the system in the United States, the last major holdout against its everyday use, is also discussed.. | Pindex | Book 2023 |
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