International System of Units (SI): How the World Measures Almost Everything, and the People Who Made It Possible (Volume 1) - Softcover

Isakov, Edmund

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0831102314 ISBN 13: 9780831102319

Publisher: Industrial Press, Inc., 2014

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Edmund Isakov. Ph.D., has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in metalworking. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mechanical Engineering at the V. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials (Kiev, Ukraine). He is known for his work in research, development and applications of cuttting tools for milling, turning and boring. Dr. Isakov has authored Mechanical Properties of Work Materials and numerous articles and papers on metalcutting. He holds several U.S. patents and numerous U.S.S.R Inventor's Certificates pertaining to carbide and diamond tools. during nearly two decades at Kennametal, Inc., he became a noted authority on the technical analysis of cutting tools. Dr. Isakov is now an independent consulant and manufacturing sciences writer based in Florida. He is a senior member of SME.

Review:

''The International System of Units (SI) is an extraordinary book. This volume stands out among other books I have read on the metric system. Not only is it very readable, but it is impressive in the scope and depth of coverage of the history, present status of the metric system in the United States and in the world, and outstanding individuals responsible for the science that created metric units... Anyone who reads this book will grow in appreciation of this remarkable measurement system.'' --- Lorelle Young, President
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Industrial Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0831102314
• ISBN 13: 9780831102319
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 311