{"product_id":"a-dictionary-of-weights-measures-and-units-paperback-1","title":"A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald Fenna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - Over 1,600 clear and concise entries complete with historical background\u003cbr\u003e - Covers a broad range of disciplines, including astronomy, electromagnetics, geology, photography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and temperature\u003cbr\u003e - Notes on associated terminology\u003cbr\u003e - Numerous tables, including the geochronologic scale and the equation of time\u003cbr\u003e - Comprehensive coverage of the whole Système International\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDonald Fenna was Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta. He was the author of numerous publications in journals covering mathematics, computing, and medicine, as well as \u003cem\u003eElsevier's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Measures \u003c\/em\u003e(1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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 \u003cem\u003eElsevier's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Measures\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 342\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.5 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 26, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52704478855475,"sku":"9780198605225","price":32.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/V3RaWlhFUlc2aExKbW9SK3U1MGNmQT09_a9211230-aa89-4727-b9ae-fd6dbec33b24.webp?v=1763355516","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-dictionary-of-weights-measures-and-units-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}