'Sí' on the new SI: Proposal for a revamped system of measurement units
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 12:32
in Mathematics & Economics
Taking the first steps of what would be a major historical advance in the science of measurement, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology is participating in a worldwide effort to recommend major revisions to the International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system that is the basis of global measurements in commerce, science and other aspects of everyday life.