SCIENTIFIC UNIT CONVERSION - Couverture souple

Cardarelli, François

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3540760229 ISBN 13 : 9783540760221

Editeur : Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1996

Synopsis

This guide provides accurate metric equivalents and conversion factors for over 10,000 scientific units, as well as detailed descriptions of over 2000. It covers the full range of science, technology and medicine and deals with the US customary, British, conventional metric, historic systems and SI units. One section allows a search by application area, whilst another details mathematical and physical constants. Appendices contain lists of national and international standardization organizations and there is also an English-French lexicon of terms.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The popular and practical Scientific Unit Conversion has been expanded, revised and updated here, to put even more engineering and academic conversions at your fingertips. This detailed guide is truly unique, giving accurate metric equivalents and conversion factors for no fewer than 10,000 scientific units with detailed descriptions of over 2,000. It covers the full gamut of science, technology and medicine, and deals with US, British, conventional metric, historic and SI units. This new edition includes: * New tables - presenting, for example, the detailed chronology of the definitions of the meter prototype, regional variations of old French units, the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (IPTS-1990) and improved tables in Ancient Times systems of measures * Additions to the A-Z listing of units - such as the G unit for the radiochemical yield either in the cgs or the SI systems, several units of turbidity, the pH definition . . . * An updated listing of numerous US professional societies, with at least 20 new entries to the list * Updated bibliography and references * The pocket-sized format and slot-in user guide bookmark makes this handy and user-friendly, and renders the extraction of relevant information as simple as possible. It is a great time-saver, is packed with useful new information, and is a perfect addition to any research department, engineer's , scientist's or student's library.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 3540760229
• ISBN 13: 9783540760221
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 380
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible