Science of everyday things volume 1: Real-life chemistry

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Science of everyday things volume 1: Real-life chemistry

KNIGHT, Judson ; SCHLAGER, Neil

SCIENCE-POPULAR WORK= ILMU PENGETAHUAN - KARYA POPULAR

Detil Buku

Edisi

Penerbit Michigan : Gale Cengage Learning, 2002

Deskripsi Fisik vii, 391 p. ; 27,5 cm.

ISBN 9780787656324

Subjek SCIENCE-POPULAR WORK= ILMU PENGETAHUAN - KARYA POPULAR

Bahasa Inggris

Call Number R/500 KNI s

Deskripsi

Measurement seems like a simple subject, on the surface at least; indeed, all measurements can be reduced to just two components: number and unit. Yet one might easily ask, “What numbers, and what units? a question that helps bring into focus the complexities involved in designat- ing measurements. As it turns out, some forms of numbers are more useful for rendering values than others; hence the importance of significant figures and scientific notation in measurements. The same goes for units. First, one has to deter- mine what is being measured: mass, length, or some other property (such as volume) that is ultimately derived from mass and length. Indeed, the process of learning how to measure reveals not only a fundamental component of chemistry, but an underlying—if arbitrary and manmade— order in the quantifiable world.