A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units by Fenna, Donald

A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198605225)

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Format: Paperback
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A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units by Fenna, Donald

A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units

$21.99
A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units by Fenna, Donald

A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units

$21.99
Format: Paperback
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This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Syst鑪e 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.


Author: Donald Fenna
ISBN-10: 0198605226
ISBN-13: 9780198605225
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/26/2002
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.50h x 6.30w x 0.73d
By Donald Fenna
By Donald Fenna
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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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