Metrification, that’s the name of the game
July 25th, 2005 · by David Bradley
The Sciencebase site got a lot of hits earlier today from someone asking about the benefits of metrification in science. Such an odd question to be asking at this juncture in scientific history…after all science went metric decades ago. The advantages of metres and kilograms are fairly apparent to most scientists today. But, moreover, if we hadn’t gone metric the whole realm of nanotechnology wouldn’t exist, it would be “an-order-of-magnitude-bigger-than-an-angstromology” instead.
Interesting item on slashdot about the metrification of the USA.
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Piper // May 9, 2007 at 4:53 pm
A massive blow to the metric movement represents a success for the UK’s metric martyrs who have seen off efforts by Brussels bureaucrats to ban pounds and ounces, feet and inches.
The European Union has given up trying to convert the Brits to the metric system, they can carry on with the inch, furlong, and pint for as long as they like. Given the whims of politicians, this sounds to me like the death knell for imperial measurements, you can bet your bottom pound sterling that some time soon, all those archaic units will be banned by the British gov itself.
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