The text did not display correctly for me, or maybe there are bits
missing from the page.
e.g. "Yocto (a factor of 10 24)" should be 10 to the power of -24,
written as 10^-24
"1.7yoctograms (yg) = 1.7 x 10 24 = 0. 17grams" -- something is missing here
Anyone else not see the power signs, etc.?
David King
/Metric is British and best!/ Speak in English, Measure in Metric
Pat Naughtin wrote:
Dear All,
This item appeared in the Education section of this morning's issue of
the Melbourne daily newspaper 'The Age':
http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/a-question-of-scale/2008/02/16/1202760614300.html
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