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Tom Johnson

Redefining the Kilogram - Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/redefining-the-kilogram/

Redefining the Kilogram

Officials will vote to overhaul the SI system of measurements, basing units such as the kilogram not on physical objects but on fundamental constants

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George Duncan-2

Re: Redefining the Kilogram - Scientific American

Thanks, Tom. This is interesting and helpful to my book.

George Duncan

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On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 9:56 AM Tom Johnson <[hidden email]> wrote:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/redefining-the-kilogram/
Redefining the Kilogram
Officials will vote to overhaul the SI system of measurements, basing units such as the kilogram not on physical objects but on fundamental constants

TJ
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Tom Johnson

Re: Redefining the Kilogram - Scientific American

What book? How helpful?

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 10:35 AM George Duncan <[hidden email]> wrote:

Thanks, Tom. This is interesting and helpful to my book.

George Duncan
Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
georgeduncanart.com
See posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

Land: (505) 983-6895
Mobile: (505) 469-4671

My art theme: Dynamic exposition of the tension between matrix order and luminous chaos.

"Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion."
From "Notes to myself on beginning a painting" by Richard Diebenkorn.
"It's that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest power." Joanna Macy.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 9:56 AM Tom Johnson <[hidden email]> wrote:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/redefining-the-kilogram/
Redefining the Kilogram
Officials will vote to overhaul the SI system of measurements, basing units such as the kilogram not on physical objects but on fundamental constants

TJ
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George Duncan-2

Re: Redefining the Kilogram - Scientific American

I am writing a book entitled "Breaking Barriers and Creating Order: The Art of Mathematicians" which incorporates 36 of my art pieces.

George Duncan

Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
georgeduncanart.com

See posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

Land: (505) 983-6895

Mobile: (505) 469-4671

My art theme: Dynamic exposition of the tension between matrix order and luminous chaos.

"Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion."

From "Notes to myself on beginning a painting" by Richard Diebenkorn.

"It's that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest power." Joanna Macy.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:21 AM Tom Johnson <[hidden email]> wrote:

What book? How helpful?

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 10:35 AM George Duncan <[hidden email]> wrote:
Thanks, Tom. This is interesting and helpful to my book.

George Duncan
Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
georgeduncanart.com
See posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

Land: (505) 983-6895
Mobile: (505) 469-4671

My art theme: Dynamic exposition of the tension between matrix order and luminous chaos.

"Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion."
From "Notes to myself on beginning a painting" by Richard Diebenkorn.
"It's that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest power." Joanna Macy.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 9:56 AM Tom Johnson <[hidden email]> wrote:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/redefining-the-kilogram/
Redefining the Kilogram
Officials will vote to overhaul the SI system of measurements, basing units such as the kilogram not on physical objects but on fundamental constants

TJ
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Tom Johnson

Re: Redefining the Kilogram - Scientific American

OK. That one I knew.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 11:34 AM George Duncan <[hidden email]> wrote:

I am writing a book entitled "Breaking Barriers and Creating Order: The Art of Mathematicians" which incorporates 36 of my art pieces.

George Duncan
Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
georgeduncanart.com
See posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

Land: (505) 983-6895
Mobile: (505) 469-4671

My art theme: Dynamic exposition of the tension between matrix order and luminous chaos.

"Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion."
From "Notes to myself on beginning a painting" by Richard Diebenkorn.
"It's that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest power." Joanna Macy.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:21 AM Tom Johnson <[hidden email]> wrote:
What book? How helpful?

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 10:35 AM George Duncan <[hidden email]> wrote:
Thanks, Tom. This is interesting and helpful to my book.

George Duncan
Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
georgeduncanart.com
See posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

Land: (505) 983-6895
Mobile: (505) 469-4671

My art theme: Dynamic exposition of the tension between matrix order and luminous chaos.

"Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion."
From "Notes to myself on beginning a painting" by Richard Diebenkorn.
"It's that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest power." Joanna Macy.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 9:56 AM Tom Johnson <[hidden email]> wrote:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/redefining-the-kilogram/
Redefining the Kilogram
Officials will vote to overhaul the SI system of measurements, basing units such as the kilogram not on physical objects but on fundamental constants

TJ
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Barry MacKichan

Re: Redefining the Kilogram - Scientific American

In reply to this post by Tom Johnson

This seems like the logical conclusion of the technique that got me through chem labs: drylabbing.

--Barry

On 30 Oct 2018, at 11:56, Tom Johnson wrote:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/redefining-the-kilogram/
Redefining the Kilogram
Officials will vote to overhaul the SI system of measurements, basing units such as the kilogram not on physical objects but on fundamental constants

TJ

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