Rachel Baack
Summary: Piero Martin explains in as close to layman’s terms as one can get the history, applications, and current definitions of the seven units included in the International System of Units (SI) of measurement. He also includes related anecdotes and observations from history and science.
This is a very readable and interesting book that not only helps make incredibly complex concepts accessible to the general public but also explores the way these concepts connect to deeper aspects of our humanity. To put another way Martin’s approach to communicating with his audience (and to quote the friend who recommended the book to me), “This is an author who you can tell really likes other humans.”
Summary: Piero Martin explains in as close to layman’s terms as one can get the history, applications, and current definitions of the seven units included in the International System of Units (SI) of measurement. He also includes related anecdotes and observations from history and science.
This is a very readable and interesting book that not only helps make incredibly complex concepts accessible to the general public but also explores the way these concepts connect to deeper aspects of our humanity. To put another way Martin’s approach to communicating with his audience (and to quote the friend who recommended the book to me), “This is an author who you can tell really likes other humans.”