Overview

International System of Units (SI) (Print On-Demand Edition) is a one-of-a-kind book. It provides detailed information on the metric system, its origin, history, and how the base and derived units were established.  

The book has four chapters (Measurement Systems, the International System of Units, Metrication in the United States, and United States Metric Association), appendices, an afterword, and references. The book is principally aimed at educating students in the United States, but it will also be of interest to anyone who enjoys the popular sciences.

This is a Print-On-Demand title. It has a CD-ROM companion (ISBN 978-0-8311-3466-2) for which publication has ceased.

Introduction

Chapter 1: Measurement Systems

• Brief history of the English System
• Brief history of the Metric System

Chapter 2: International System of Units (SI)

• SI Base Units of Measurement
• SI Derived Units of Measurement

Chapter 3: Metrication in the United States

• Brief history
• Current usage of the metric units

Chapter 4: United States Metric Association (USMA)

• USMA establishment
• Brief history
• Summary of metric usage in the United States

Appendix 1: Signatories to the Meter Convention (Treaty of the Meter)

Appendix 2: Associate States of the CGPM

Appendix 3: CGPM Meetings

Appendix 4: Prefixes for Multiples and Submultiples of the SI units

Appendix 5: Medals awarded to scientists, after whom the units of measurement are named

Appendix 6: Standard Inductor Values

Appendix 7: The Sixteen Bronze Statues

Appendix 8: Temperature Conversion Formulas

References

Index – Biographical Names