The Metric System
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures
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Page : 288 pages
File Size : 35,20 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Metric system
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 35,20 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Metric system
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Author : Robert W. Shoemaker
Publisher : Blackhawk Metric Supply
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 38,26 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780962798030
Author : John Bemelmans Marciano
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 25,5 MB
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 160819941X
The intriguing tale of why the United States has never adopted the metric system, and what that says about us. The American standard system of measurement is a unique and odd thing to behold with its esoteric, inconsistent standards: twelve inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, sixteen ounces in a pound, one hundred pennies to the dollar. For something as elemental as counting and estimating the world around us, it seems like a confusing tool to use. So how did we end up with it? Most of the rest of the world is on the metric system, and for a time in the 1970s America appeared ready to make the switch. Yet it never happened, and the reasons for that get to the root of who we think we are, just as the measurements are woven into the ways we think. John Marciano chronicles the origins of measurement systems, the kaleidoscopic array of standards throughout Europe and the thirteen American colonies, the combination of intellect and circumstance that resulted in the metric system's creation in France in the wake of the French Revolution, and America's stubborn adherence to the hybrid United States Customary System ever since. As much as it is a tale of quarters and tenths, it is a human drama, replete with great inventors, visionary presidents, obsessive activists, and science-loving technocrats. Anyone who reads this inquisitive, engaging story will never read Robert Frost's line “miles to go before I sleep” or eat a foot-long sub again without wondering, Whatever happened to the metric system?
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics
Publisher :
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Metric system
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Considers H.R. 2626, to authorize the National Bureau of Standards to survey the practicability of adopting the metric system in the U.S.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Manufactures Committee
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Page : 454 pages
File Size : 10,1 MB
Release : 1922
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Author : Steffen Mau
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 25,18 MB
Release : 2019-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1509530428
In today’s world, numbers are in the ascendancy. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives. From annual university rankings, ratings agencies and fitness tracking technologies to our credit score and health status, everything and everybody is measured and evaluated. In this important new book, Steffen Mau offers a critical analysis of this increasingly pervasive phenomenon. While the original intention behind the drive to quantify may have been to build trust and transparency, Mau shows how metrics have in fact become a form of social conditioning. The ubiquitous language of ranking and scoring has changed profoundly our perception of value and status. What is more, through quantification, our capacity for competition and comparison has expanded significantly – we can now measure ourselves against others in practically every area. The rise of quantification has created and strengthened social hierarchies, transforming qualitative differences into quantitative inequalities that play a decisive role in shaping the life chances of individuals. This timely analysis of the pernicious impact of quantification will appeal to students and scholars across the social sciences, as well as anyone concerned by the cult of numbers and its impact on our lives and societies today.
Author : Arianna Huffington
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,74 MB
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0804140855
In Thrive, Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world. Arianna Huffington's personal wake-up call came in the form of a broken cheekbone and a nasty gash over her eye--the result of a fall brought on by exhaustion and lack of sleep. As the cofounder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group--one of the fastest growing media companies in the world--celebrated as one of the world's most influential women, and gracing the covers of magazines, she was, by any traditional measure, extraordinarily successful. Yet as she found herself going from brain MRI to CAT scan to echocardiogram, to find out if there was any underlying medical problem beyond exhaustion, she wondered is this really what success feels like? As more and more people are coming to realize, there is far more to living a truly successful life than just earning a bigger salary and capturing a corner office. Our relentless pursuit of the two traditional metrics of success--money and power--has led to an epidemic of burnout and stress-related illnesses, and an erosion in the quality of our relationships, family life, and, ironically, our careers. In being connected to the world 24/7, we're losing our connection to what truly matters. Our current definition of success is, as Thrive shows, literally killing us. We need a new way forward. In a commencement address Arianna gave at Smith College in the spring of 2013, she likened our drive for money and power to two legs of a three-legged stool. They may hold us up temporarily, but sooner or later we're going to topple over. We need a third leg--a third metric for defining success--to truly thrive. That third metric, she writes in Thrive, includes our well-being, our ability to draw on our intuition and inner wisdom, our sense of wonder, and our capacity for compassion and giving. As Arianna points out, our eulogies celebrate our lives very differently from the way society defines success. They don't commemorate our long hours in the office, our promotions, or our sterling PowerPoint presentations as we relentlessly raced to climb up the career ladder. They are not about our resumes--they are about cherished memories, shared adventures, small kindnesses and acts of generosity, lifelong passions, and the things that made us laugh. In this deeply personal book, Arianna talks candidly about her own challenges with managing time and prioritizing the demands of a career and raising two daughters--of juggling business deadlines and family crises, a harried dance that led to her collapse and to her "aha moment." Drawing on the latest groundbreaking research and scientific findings in the fields of psychology, sports, sleep, and physiology that show the profound and transformative effects of meditation, mindfulness, unplugging, and giving, Arianna shows us the way to a revolution in our culture, our thinking, our workplace, and our lives.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 37,34 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Metric system
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Science and Technology Committee
Publisher :
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 45,80 MB
Release : 1975
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on coinage, weights & measures
Publisher :
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 20,50 MB
Release : 1926
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