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On Choosing The Best Units

April 14, 2023March 17, 2011 by Santo D'Agostino

Update (21 March 2011): A great version of the Gimli glider story is here. In 1983, an Air Canada plane ran out of fuel on a scheduled flight. Running out of fuel is a very unusual situation for a modern airline; the problem here was an error in converting units between the Imperial system and … Read more

Categories Numeracy Tags David Mermin, Gimli glider, speed of light, Verizon, VerizonMath

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