"Joseph B. Reid" wrote:
....
> Don't worry about the radian and steradian. The average citizen will never
> meet them. They are the tools of mathematicians and physicists.
Excellent point. I wonder if (1) it is possible to wean the average
citizen from the degree to the grad (or centiquad) and (2) would the
effort to do so be worthwhile. Perhaps, after all peoples of the world
have become used to seeing and using all other measurements in neat
decimal form they will tire of a quadrant being divided into 90 parts
and will come to prefer 100 parts. That, to me, is something to worry
about in 20 a to 40 a.
> However, I do disagree with your steriquad. It is quite unnecessary. The
> average citizen has never been introduced to a solid angle.....
Also an excellent point. Anyone dealing with solid angles should be
able to deal with steradians.
Jim
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