On Page 16 of the AIP Style Manual is the statement: "In the interest of good communication, authors should employ units that are accepted for use in the International System of Units..."
That includes some but not all units of the old cgs system. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:52:01 -0500 (CDT) >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:41152] RE: Associated Press Style Guide is working against us. >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >The American Institute of Physics (AIP) Style Manual virtually *mandates* >"metric" units, which can be interpreted to include cgs units. The AIP >consists of most American scientific societies as members. My edition of the >AIP manual is many years old. Later editions may specify SI, I'm not sure. >That's worth a Web search. Bill, Bill, or Jim, do you know?
