Why do we use latitude and longitude? Why is sonar important in oceanography? Why do scientists use the metric system? Why do we use scale drawings? Why is height measured from sea level? Why does the U.S. use the U.S. standard system instead of using the metric system like the rest...
Not only scientists rely on the metric system. Almost every government in the world has adopted it as the national system of measurement, and of the three that aren't committed to it, at least one – the United States – considers it the preferred system for international trade. The U.S....
Why do scientists use the metric system? Why is toxicity represented in the unit {mg}{kg}^{-1}? Why do scientists use a common system of measurement? Why does the U.S. use the U.S. standard system instead of using the metric system like the rest of the world does? Why do scienti...
The byte was first named in 1956, during the design of the IBM Stretch computer. It is related to “bit.” Its name is a deliberate misspelling of “bite.” This was to avoid accidental confusion among computer scientists. When abbreviated, you capitalize the “B”. This sets it apart fr...
Because science, education and business have already and will profit more from the better system in the long run. Ask scientists, engineers, teachers! Don't ask those who consider our system of measurement an instrument of pride, while it's really only an instrument of measurement. ...