A dictionary of weights, measures, and units / Donald Fenna.

By:

Fenna, Donald, 1932-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford paperback referencePublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.Description: x, 331 s. ; 20 cmISBN:

0198605226
9780198605225

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

530.8103 FEN

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Moylish Library Reference	530.8103 FEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Library Use Only		39002100401539

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Introduction
A-Z Dictionary
Endnotes

Author notes provided by Syndetics

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.