We've had this discussion before -- although it was probably during your hiatus from the list.
The radian has all the great qualities of mathematical elegance and none of the qualities of an everyday, practical, understandable unit. If you want to frighten the average person with respect to the metric system, by all means use the radian. If you want to convince people of the simplicity and practicality of the metric system, use the degree (or, in some applications, the grad). Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Paul Trusten >Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 11:26 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:26317] Re: Systems of units, optimism vs. pessimism > > >Concerning the circle, why not use the radian? Isn't the radian >one of the SI base units? (If not, I'm sure I'll stand corrected). >>
