Summary
Since the dawn of thinking, mankind has been measuring things. If humans are going to tell each other about all the great counting and measuring they have been doing, they need to put it in terms that others can understand. In Neutrium’s first episode, Trevor and Matthew discuss unit conversions.
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Links of potential interest:
- The history of measurement
- Mars Climate Orbiter
- Gimli Glider
- ISO 80000-1
- Countries not using the metric system
- NeutriumJS.convert the offical Neutrium unit conversion engine (in javascript).
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