Measuring The Past
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Managing Forward
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Author : Larry Freed
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Managing Forward written by Larry Freed and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Consumer satisfaction categories.
Units Of Measurement
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Author : S. V. Gupta
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2009-11-03
Units Of Measurement written by S. V. Gupta and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-03 with Technology & Engineering categories.
It is for the first time that the subject of quantities and their respective units is dealt this much in detail, a glimpse of units of measurements of base quantities of length, time, mass and volume is given for ancient India, three and four dimensional systems of measurement units are critically examined, establishment of the fact that only four base units are needed to describe a system of units, the basics to arrive at the unit of a derived quantity are explained, basic, derived and dimensionless quantities including quantity calculus are introduced, life history of scientists concerned with measurements units are presented to be inspiring to working metrologists and students. The International System of Units including, Metre Convention Treaty and its various organs including International National of Weights and Measure are described. The realisation of base units is given in detail. Classes of derived units within the SI, units permitted for time to come, units outside SI but used in special fields of measurements are described. Methods to express large numbers are explained in detail. Multiples and sub-multiples prefixes and their proper use are also given. The latest trends to redefine the base Kilogram, Ampere, Kelvin and Mole on existing base units of mass, electric current, temperature and amount of substance, in terms of a single parameter or fundamental constants are briefly described.
Measuring Past
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Author : Gregory Gordon Hewett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Measuring Past written by Gregory Gordon Hewett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
Ancient Measurement
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Author : Roland A Boucher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-09-30
Ancient Measurement written by Roland A Boucher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-30 with categories.
The Sumerians were not the only ones to reate remarkably accurate standards of measurement in the Ancient world. Some would travel to the ends of the Earth, some would be with us still today. Roland A. Boucher, a licensed professional engineer, examines incredible achievements of the past in this book that highlights standards of measure from the ancient Sumerians, Egyptians, Minoans, and others. The Sumerians left two wonderful monuments which demonstrate their system of measurement. The Great Pyramid at Giza, which was built to Sumerian standards with an error of only 185 parts per million; and The Parthenon, in Athens, built 2000 years later to the same Sumerian standard. Filled with tables, formulas, and images to promote the understanding of the mathematical concepts involved, this book celebrates the achievements of the Sumerians and other ancient civilizations. Embark on a journey of discovery as the author recreates eight additional standards from the distant past.
All Done With Mirrors
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Author : John F. Neal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
All Done With Mirrors written by John F. Neal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Civilization, Ancient categories.
The Measure Of Times Past
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Author : Donald J. Wilcox
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1987
The Measure Of Times Past written by Donald J. Wilcox and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
In this extraordinary work, Donald J. Wilcox seeks to discover an approach to narrative and history consistent with the discontinuous, relative time of the twentieth century. He shows how our B.C./A.D. system, intimately connected to Newtonian concepts of continuous, objective, and absolute time, has affected our conception and experience of the past. He demonstrates absolute time's centrality to modern historical methodologies and the problems it has created in the selection and interpretation of facts. Inspired by contemporary fiction and Einsteinian concepts of relativity, he concludes his analysis with a comparison of our system with earlier, pre-Newtonian time schemes to create a radical new critique of historical objectivity.
The Measure Of Civilization
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Author : Ian Morris
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-02-23
The Measure Of Civilization written by Ian Morris and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-23 with Business & Economics categories.
Uses four factors--energy capture per capita, organization, information technology and war-making capacity--to attempt to show which world regions were the most powerful throughout all of human history.
A New Measure Of Things Past
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Author : Owen W. Bombard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 195?
A New Measure Of Things Past written by Owen W. Bombard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 195? with Oral history categories.
Measuring African Development
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Author : Morten Jerven
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-14
Measuring African Development written by Morten Jerven and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-14 with Nature categories.
The chief economist for the World Bank's Africa region, Shanta Devarajan, delivered a devastating assessment of the capacity of African states to measure development in his 2013 article "Africa's Statistical Tragedy". Is there a "statistical tragedy" unfolding in Africa now? If so then examining the roots of the problem of provision of statistics in poor economies is certainly of great importance. This book on measuring African development in the past and in the present draws on the historical experience of colonial French West Africa, Ghana, Sudan, Mauritania and Tanzania and the more contemporary experiences of Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The authors each reflect on the changing ways statistics represent African economies and how they are used to govern them. This bookw as published as a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies.
Units Of Measurement
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Author : S. V. Gupta
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-06-23
Units Of Measurement written by S. V. Gupta and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-23 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book delivers a comprehensive overview of units of measurement. Beginning with a historical look at metrology in Ancient India, the book explains fundamental concepts in metrology such as basic, derived and dimensionless quantities, and introduces the concept of quantity calculus. It discusses and critically examines various three and four-dimensional systems of units used both presently and in the past, while explaining why only four base units are needed for a system of measurement. It discusses the Metre Convention as well as the creation of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, and gives a detailed look at the evolution of the current SI base units of time, length, mass, electric current, temperature, intensity of illumination and substance. This updated second edition is extended with timely new chapters discussing past efforts to redefine the SI base units as well as the most recent 2019 redefinitions based entirely on the speed of light and other fundamental physical constants. Additionally, it provides biographical presentations of many of the historical figures behind commonly used units of measurements, such as Newton, Joule and Ohm, With its accessible and comprehensive treatment of the field, together with its unique presentation of the underlying history, this book is well suited to any student and researcher interested in the practical and historical aspects of the field of metrology.