<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jason Gallas</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jason.gallas@gmail.com">jason.gallas@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 10:55 AM<br>Subject: New International System of Units in 2018<br>To: <br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="FR"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><h1>An introduction to the New SI</h1>
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<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/physics/1/au:+Knotts_S/0/1/0/all/0/1" target="_blank">Sandra Knotts</a>,
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/physics/1/au:+Mohr_P/0/1/0/all/0/1" target="_blank">Peter J. Mohr</a>,
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/physics/1/au:+Phillips_W/0/1/0/all/0/1" target="_blank">William D. Phillips</a></div>
<div>(Submitted on 11 Mar 2015)</div><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.03496" target="_blank">http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.03496</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><span lang="EN-US"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Plans are underway to redefine the International System of Units (SI) around
2018. The New SI specifies the values of certain physical constants to define
units. This article explains the New SI in a way that could be used to present
it to high-school physics classes.
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span lang="EN-US"><u></u></span></p></div></div></div>for those who forgot:<br></div>bill phillips got the Nobel Prize in 1997:<br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Daniel_Phillips" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Daniel_Phillips</a><br></div>
</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Silvina Ponce Dawson<br>Depto Fisica e IFIBA-CONICET<br>FCEN-UBA<br>Ciudad Universitaria, Pab I<br>(1428) Buenos Aires, Argentina<br>Phone: (5411) 4576 3353<br>Fax: (5411) 4576 3357</div>
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