Re: SI &c., eh?

[Richard Tarara <rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU>]

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From: paul o johnson <pojhome@FLASH.NET>
> But why not have a single-word famous-name unit of speed or acceleration
> or momentum? Our kids are always looking for shorthand names for
> everything. With all the famous folks we have   whose names are not yet
> coopted, why not rid ourselves of jawbreakers such as kilogram-meter
> squared/second  for angular momentum or confusing dualities such as the
> same compound units for torque and work?
Well for one thing, it would all but eliminate unit analysis as a usable
check in problem solving.  Bad enough now with force and energy units that
often need to be returned to their fundamental units to check one's algebra.

rick

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