Synthesizing four centuries of historical data this study analyzes the long-term consequences of America s unique refusal to adopt the metric system with generations of schoolchildren toiling over the complexities of Imperial weights and measures. This well-illust... Lees meer.

This well-illustrated book by two established historians of school mathematics documents Thomas Jefferson s quest after 1775 to introduce a form of decimal currency to the fledgling United States of America. The book describes a remarkable study showing how the Unit... Lees meer.

Synthesizing four centuries of historical data this study analyzes the long-term consequences of America s unique refusal to adopt the metric system with generations of schoolchildren toiling over the complexities of Imperial weights and measures. This well-illust... Lees meer.