A DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL UNITS

About the Book

A DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL UNITS Metric-Matters: Names and Symbols enriches your vocabulary and provides the International Standard for units and symbols throughout the World.

Discover the 19 scientists of six nationalities whose surnames have been used for SI (metric) units.

This is a valuable resource for reference, especially for science students. It gives twenty SI prefixes with guidance on how to write units, names, symbols, and numerical values correctly.

About the Author

Philip Bladon FIScT, from Worcestershire in the United Kingdom, has worked overseas for many years. Besides teaching Science he has other interests; these include outdoor tropical gardening, and the work of the Red Cross Red Crescent movement.