2001-07-17 No, they know SI. In the part 1(b) they state: ......To change to the SI expression for capacitance we need to insert a ..... It is at the end of this paragraph that they refer to pF as puff. John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt frei zu sein. There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they are free! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Mechtly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2001-07-16 20:40 Subject: [USMA:14441] Re: Princeton uses esu > On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, James R. Frysinger wrote: > > ... > > homework sets from the Princeton Physics Department that have students > > calculate problems in electrostatic units (esu)! How archaic! > > ... > > Groth and Nice might be specialists in the field of elementary particles, > and prefer to set as many fundamental constants equal to one as possible > with esu and emu being the next best thing in their minds. My uninformed > speculation, of course. > > I see that you have written to them yourself, Jim. Their reply will be of > great interest to me. They appear never to have heard of SI or reject > it for some indefensible reason, particularly for undergraduate teaching? > > Gene. >
