Dr. Edmund Isakov, Ph.D., has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in metalworking. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mechanical Engineering at the V. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials (Kiev, Ukraine). He is known for his work in research, development and applications of cuttting tools for milling, turning and boring. Dr. Isakov has authored Mechanical Properties of Work Materials and numerous articles and papers on metalcutting. He holds several U.S. patents and numerous U.S.S.R Inventor's Certificates pertaining to carbide and diamond tools. during nearly two decades at Kennametal, Inc., he became a noted authority on the technical analysis of cutting tools. Dr. Isakov is now an independent consulant and manufacturing sciences writer based in Florida. He is a senior member of SME.

“The International System of Units (SI) is an extraordinary book. This volume stands out among other books I have read on the metric system. Not only is it very readable but it is impressive in the scope and depth of coverage of the history, present status of the metric system in the United States and in the world, and outstanding individuals responsible for the science that created metric units… Anyone who reads this book will grow in appreciation of this remarkable measurement system.”—Lorelle Young, President, U.S. Metric Association, Inc.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Measurement SystemsBrief history of the English SystemBrief history of the Metric SystemChapter 2: International System of Units (SI)SI Base Units of MeasurementSI Derived Units of MeasurementChapter 3: Metrication in the United StatesBrief historyCurrent usage of the metric unitsChapter 4: United States Metric Association (USMA)USMA establishmentBrief historySummary of metric usage in the United StatesAppendixesAppendix 1: Signatories to the Meter Convention (Treaty of the Meter)Appendix 2: Associate States of the CGPMAppendix 3: CGPM MeetingsAppendix 4: Prefixes for Multiples and Submultiples of the SI unitsAppendix 5: Medals awarded to scientists, after whom the units of measurement are namedAppendix 6: Standard Inductor ValuesAppendix 7: The Sixteen Bronze StatuesAppendix 8: Temperature Conversion FormulasReferencesIndex – Biographical Names

Dr. Edmund Isakov, Ph.D., has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in metalworking. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mechanical Engineering at the V. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials (Kiev, Ukraine). He is known for his work in research, development and applications of cuttting tools for milling, turning and boring. Dr. Isakov has authored Mechanical Properties of Work Materials and numerous articles and papers on metalcutting. He holds several U.S. patents and numerous U.S.S.R Inventor's Certificates pertaining to carbide and diamond tools. during nearly two decades at Kennametal, Inc., he became a noted authority on the technical analysis of cutting tools. Dr. Isakov is now an independent consulant and manufacturing sciences writer based in Florida. He is a senior member of SME.

“The International System of Units (SI) is an extraordinary book. This volume stands out among other books I have read on the metric system. Not only is it very readable but it is impressive in the scope and depth of coverage of the history, present status of the metric system in the United States and in the world, and outstanding individuals responsible for the science that created metric units… Anyone who reads this book will grow in appreciation of this remarkable measurement system.”—Lorelle Young, President, U.S. Metric Association, Inc.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Measurement SystemsBrief history of the English SystemBrief history of the Metric SystemChapter 2: International System of Units (SI)SI Base Units of MeasurementSI Derived Units of MeasurementChapter 3: Metrication in the United StatesBrief historyCurrent usage of the metric unitsChapter 4: United States Metric Association (USMA)USMA establishmentBrief historySummary of metric usage in the United StatesAppendixesAppendix 1: Signatories to the Meter Convention (Treaty of the Meter)Appendix 2: Associate States of the CGPMAppendix 3: CGPM MeetingsAppendix 4: Prefixes for Multiples and Submultiples of the SI unitsAppendix 5: Medals awarded to scientists, after whom the units of measurement are namedAppendix 6: Standard Inductor ValuesAppendix 7: The Sixteen Bronze StatuesAppendix 8: Temperature Conversion FormulasReferencesIndex – Biographical Names

Dr. Edmund Isakov, Ph.D., has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in metalworking. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mechanical Engineering at the V. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials (Kiev, Ukraine). He is known for his work in research, development and applications of cuttting tools for milling, turning and boring. Dr. Isakov has authored Mechanical Properties of Work Materials and numerous articles and papers on metalcutting. He holds several U.S. patents and numerous U.S.S.R Inventor's Certificates pertaining to carbide and diamond tools. during nearly two decades at Kennametal, Inc., he became a noted authority on the technical analysis of cutting tools. Dr. Isakov is now an independent consulant and manufacturing sciences writer based in Florida. He is a senior member of SME.

“The International System of Units (SI) is an extraordinary book. This volume stands out among other books I have read on the metric system. Not only is it very readable but it is impressive in the scope and depth of coverage of the history, present status of the metric system in the United States and in the world, and outstanding individuals responsible for the science that created metric units… Anyone who reads this book will grow in appreciation of this remarkable measurement system.”—Lorelle Young, President, U.S. Metric Association, Inc.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Measurement SystemsBrief history of the English SystemBrief history of the Metric SystemChapter 2: International System of Units (SI)SI Base Units of MeasurementSI Derived Units of MeasurementChapter 3: Metrication in the United StatesBrief historyCurrent usage of the metric unitsChapter 4: United States Metric Association (USMA)USMA establishmentBrief historySummary of metric usage in the United StatesAppendixesAppendix 1: Signatories to the Meter Convention (Treaty of the Meter)Appendix 2: Associate States of the CGPMAppendix 3: CGPM MeetingsAppendix 4: Prefixes for Multiples and Submultiples of the SI unitsAppendix 5: Medals awarded to scientists, after whom the units of measurement are namedAppendix 6: Standard Inductor ValuesAppendix 7: The Sixteen Bronze StatuesAppendix 8: Temperature Conversion FormulasReferencesIndex – Biographical Names