Homework Hints

The international system of weights and measures (by Russ Rowlett) can be found here:

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/sipm.html

The book Flatland (suggested in the chapter opener) can be found online at:
http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/flatland/

This site gives the earliest known use of mathematics vocabulary (an interesting site):
http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathword.html

A very useful dictionary of units of measurement is found at this site:
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html

A dictionary of measures, the SI International, and conventions of usage. This is an excellent site:
http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm