I had the confusing situation in the late 1960's of the Applied Maths Department using cgs and the Physics Department using mks. However, when I did my post-grad at UMIST in 1975, I told my supervisor that I would be using SI in my dissertation. He reluctantly agreed.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James R. Frysinger Sent: 05 February 2011 18:38 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:49764] RE: Super Bowl: NFL, stop with the Roman numerals My experience was similar to John's. I entered college 2 years later, in 1964. My daughter (B.S.E.E., NCSU) looked at my Halliday and Resnick (physics text) several years ago and didn't even notice any unit irregularities. She did however exclaim, "Dad! There aren't very many pictures and diagrams in this book! And none of them are in color!" Jim On 2011-02-05 1221, John M. Steele wrote: ..... > When I started college in 1962, none of my textbooks had yet reacted to > the adoption of the SI, still referring to the MKSA system. However, I > never saw any real shift in metric practice. (The mole existed long > before it was adopted in 1971; I used the concept in high school chemistry.) ..... -- James R. Frysinger 632 Stony Point Mountain Road Doyle, TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108
