Monday, September 19, 2016

Dragging America Into the 20th Century

“?There are two types of nation” a recent Nature editorial begins; “…those that use the metric system and those that have put a man on the Moon.” Such a pro-American jingoistic statement must be deep British irony. Anyway, the editorial continues … The reliance of the United States on feet and pounds, along with its…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2016/09/19/dragging-america-into-the-20th-century/

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