A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units (Oxford Quick Reference) - Softcover

Buch 2 von 36: Oxford Quick Reference

Fenna, Donald

 
9780198605225: A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units (Oxford Quick Reference)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0198605226 ISBN 13: 9780198605225
Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Système International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. It also includes general historical and scientific background, covering the development of the sequential definitions and sizing of units. This new reference work will prove invaluable to professional scientists, engineers, technicians as well as to students and the general user.

· Over 1,600 clear and concise entries complete with historical background
· Covers a broad range of disciplines, including astronomy, electromagnetics, geology, photography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and temperature
· Notes on associated terminology
· Numerous tables, including the geochronologic scale and the equation of time
· Comprehensive coverage of the whole Système International

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

After working as a research scientist at the Weapons Research Establishment for the Commonwealth of Australia, as a systems analyst for the Australian Department of Defence, and as the Assistant Director-General for the Australian telecommunications authority, Donald Fenna was made a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta. He has over 60 publications in learned journals and books covering mathematics, management, computing, and medicine, including Elsevier's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Measures.


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Verlag
OUP Oxford
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198605226
ISBN 13 
9780198605225
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
352
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Oxford University Press
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