IUPAC unit
The metric system
Given that only Liberia and Burma officially share the US measurement system, it can hardly be described as universal!
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Scientific method
Because the need for measurement is universal and it developed in different ways in primitive cultures. It is only later, with interregional, and then international trade that there was a need for a single system.
Because it is best. It is easiest (if you use a base ten counting system) to convert and compare.
The metric system
Given that only Liberia and Burma officially share the US measurement system, it can hardly be described as universal!
Apparently it's not as universal as you think.
Not universal
Metric System since its the easiest system to convert from.
the si system of units
so that bums(u) can get jobs there
Universal indicator is just that - an indicator. It is not intended as an accurate measurement system.
It was recognised that there needed to be an internationally common scientific measurement system and the international scientific community concensus was that it should be the SI system.
The U.S. customary system
scientific notation