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

Donald Fenna

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Publication Date: October 26th, 2002

Publisher:

OUP Oxford

ISBN:

9780198605225

Pages:

342

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Description

This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Syst me 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.

About the Author

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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