SI Metric-Matters

cover - A Dictionary of International Units
Unit of the day...
UnitSymbol
wattW

Quantity: electrical potential, tension, electromotive force.
All SI Units that have been named after scientists do NOT have the unit name begin with a capital letter.
The symbol for a unit named after a scientist is given a capital letter.
Look at tomorrow’s ‘Unit of the day’ for details of the unit with the symbol ‘Wb’.

Compared to the large, expensive, and technical ISO documents from Geneva this dictionary provides information on SI (metric) units in a clear, interesting and non-technical way, it is good value.

International Units and their symbols - an international language.

A new handy book that's  becoming a standard reference work on SI (metric) units, it explains things clearly in an interesting and non-technical way.

It's not just a reference book for High School science students; Primary, and Junior School teachers around the world are also  are using it.  A section of this small handy  book provides a simple guide to writing metric names and symbols correctly.

It's a fascinating and unusual book  PLUS  'A delight for trivia and Scrabble® buffs.'

A Dictionary Of International Units Metric-Matters: Names and Symbols

Philip Bladon. 2005, Second Edition 2006  
Published: iUniverse.

ISBN: 13: 978-0-595-37115-0  (paperback)
ISBN: 13: 978-0-595-81515-9  (ebook)

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