Question 4 - Methods (Unit Conversion)
Unit conversion is one of those perennial problems that
has haunted humanity since prehistory. It's notable in that a
solution has been widely proposed, studied, and adopted
(standardization!) and yet our civilization STILL… well, there's no
gentle way to describe our dysfunction here.
Let's take a moment to consider the implications of
having (for instance) five different units of temperature: Degrees
Kelvin, Degrees Celsius, Degrees Fahrenheit, Rankines, and Cones.
In order to perform a...