Author: Dennis R. Brownridge
Publisher: Professional Publications Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Covers everything you need to know about the metric system (système internationale, SI), from its history to practical tips on conversions and problem solving.
Metric in Minutes
Author: Dennis R. Brownridge
Publisher: Professional Publications Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Covers everything you need to know about the metric system (système internationale, SI), from its history to practical tips on conversions and problem solving.
Publisher: Professional Publications Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Covers everything you need to know about the metric system (système internationale, SI), from its history to practical tips on conversions and problem solving.
SI: the International System of Units
Author: International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Activities Handbook for Teaching the Metric System
Author: Gary G. Bitter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Successful Experiences in Teaching Metric
Author: Jeffrey V. Odom
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
Author: John Bemelmans Marciano
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 160819941X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The intriguing tale of why the United States has never adopted the metric system, and what that says about us. The American standard system of measurement is a unique and odd thing to behold with its esoteric, inconsistent standards: twelve inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, sixteen ounces in a pound, one hundred pennies to the dollar. For something as elemental as counting and estimating the world around us, it seems like a confusing tool to use. So how did we end up with it? Most of the rest of the world is on the metric system, and for a time in the 1970s America appeared ready to make the switch. Yet it never happened, and the reasons for that get to the root of who we think we are, just as the measurements are woven into the ways we think. John Marciano chronicles the origins of measurement systems, the kaleidoscopic array of standards throughout Europe and the thirteen American colonies, the combination of intellect and circumstance that resulted in the metric system's creation in France in the wake of the French Revolution, and America's stubborn adherence to the hybrid United States Customary System ever since. As much as it is a tale of quarters and tenths, it is a human drama, replete with great inventors, visionary presidents, obsessive activists, and science-loving technocrats. Anyone who reads this inquisitive, engaging story will never read Robert Frost's line “miles to go before I sleep” or eat a foot-long sub again without wondering, Whatever happened to the metric system?
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 160819941X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The intriguing tale of why the United States has never adopted the metric system, and what that says about us. The American standard system of measurement is a unique and odd thing to behold with its esoteric, inconsistent standards: twelve inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, sixteen ounces in a pound, one hundred pennies to the dollar. For something as elemental as counting and estimating the world around us, it seems like a confusing tool to use. So how did we end up with it? Most of the rest of the world is on the metric system, and for a time in the 1970s America appeared ready to make the switch. Yet it never happened, and the reasons for that get to the root of who we think we are, just as the measurements are woven into the ways we think. John Marciano chronicles the origins of measurement systems, the kaleidoscopic array of standards throughout Europe and the thirteen American colonies, the combination of intellect and circumstance that resulted in the metric system's creation in France in the wake of the French Revolution, and America's stubborn adherence to the hybrid United States Customary System ever since. As much as it is a tale of quarters and tenths, it is a human drama, replete with great inventors, visionary presidents, obsessive activists, and science-loving technocrats. Anyone who reads this inquisitive, engaging story will never read Robert Frost's line “miles to go before I sleep” or eat a foot-long sub again without wondering, Whatever happened to the metric system?
A Guide to Teaching the Metric System
Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Curriculum Services
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Teacher Resource Guide for Metric Education
Author: Michigan. Department of Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Teaching the Metric System
Author: Francis E. Masat
Publisher: Cliff Notes
ISBN: 9780882241005
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher: Cliff Notes
ISBN: 9780882241005
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
A Guide to Teaching the Metric System
Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Curriculum Services. Division of Science and Technology
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Mastering the Metric System
Author: Ned V. Schimizzi
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451621948
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451621948
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description