THE Decimal Association has recently issued a circular on the progress of the metric system of weights and measures in this country, and also two papers written by Mr. Aldred F. Barker, director of ...

Science has become obsessed with publishing numbers. With this new satirical proposal, have we reached peak metric?

In this paper, we study the asymptotic behavior of the volume of spheres in metric measure spaces. We first introduce a general setting adapted to the study of asymptotic isoperimetry in a general ...

image: A group from the National Institute of Health's Office of Portfolio Analysis has developed a new metric, known as the Relative Citation Ratio, which will allow researchers and funders to ...

WHY on earth is the metric system being given such bad press? It is the most sophisticated and efficient scheme of weights and measure ever designed. ("Kilometre 'cock- up'," August 19). At school we ...

Scientists have developed a new metric, known as the Relative Citation Ratio, which will allow researchers and funders to quantify and compare the influence of a scientific article. RCR measures a ...

The 7 Best Metric Tape Measures for Your Next Project If you know your U.S. history, there have been several attempts to adopt the metric system, all to no avail. It's the universal standard for most ...

In this era of marketing metrics and measurement abundance, it’s easy to get lost in the data. Most marketing teams track and report on every possible customer interaction. But if you could only ...

Using both the imperial and metric system for measuring and weighing can cause confusion THE imperial and metric systems can often cause confusion when it comes to taking measurements. Here’s why we ...

TRADERS in Blackburn with Darwen need to be clear on imperial and metric measures, trading standards bosses have warned. Last week the European Union ruled that Britain could continue to use imperial ...