Particularities in the adoption of the Metric System in Portugal – some local constraints

Paixão, Fátima; Jorge, Fátima

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Paixão, Fátima

Jorge, Fátima

Abstract(s)

This article presents some contributions for teachers at all levels of education and for researchers in the history of science and in science education. It presents relevant contributions to support and illustrate the teaching and to encourage further investigations in a central domain of science and societies as is the measure and the systems of measure units

Keywords

Metric system Portugal Adoption of the metric system

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/1440

Citation

PAIXÃO, Fátima ; JORGE, Fátima (2012) - Particularities in the adoption of the Metric System in Portugal – some local constraints. In PAIXÃO, Fátima ; NIKOLANTONAKIS, Konstantinos, ed.- Metric system and local adoptions in Europe. Castelo Branco : IPCB. ISBN 978-989-8196-20-0. p. 41-57.