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CODATA (Committee on Data for Science and Technology) was established in 1966 as an interdisciplinary committee of the International Council of Science (ICSU), formerly the International Council of Scientific Unions. It seeks to improve the compilation, critical evaluation, storage, and retrieval of data of importance to science and technology. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The International Council for Science (ICSU), formerly called the International Council of Scientific Unions, was founded in 1931 as an international non-governmental organization devoted to international co-operation in the advancement of science. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Science For the scientific journal named Science, see Science (journal). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


The CODATA Task Group on Fundamental Constants was established in 1969. Its purpose is to periodically provide the international scientific and technological communities with an internationally accepted set of values of the fundamental physical constants and closely related conversion factors for use worldwide. The first such CODATA set was published in 1973, the second in 1986, the third in 1998, and the fourth in 2002. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... In science, a physical constant is a physical quantity whose numerical value does not change. ... This article lists conversion factors between a number of units of measurement. ...


The CODATA recommended values of fundamental physical constants are published at the NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty.


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The International System of Units (abbreviated SI from the French language name Système International dUnités) is the modern form of the metric system. ...

References

  • Peter J. Mohr and Barry N. Taylor (January 2005). CODATA recommended values of the fundamental physical constants: 2002. Reviews of Modern Physics 77: 1–107. An in-depth discussion of how the CODATA constants were selected and determined.

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CODATA (Committee on Data for Science and Technology) was established in 1966 as an interdisciplinary committee of the International Council of Science (ICSU), formerly the International Council of Scientific Unions.
The CODATA Task Group on Fundamental Constants was established in 1969.
The first such CODATA set was published in 1973, the second in 1986, the third in 1998, and the fourth in 2002.
CODATA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (216 words)
CODATA (Committee on Data for Science and Technology) was established in 1966 as an interdisciplinary committee of the International Council of Science (ICSU), formerly the International Council of Scientific Unions.
The CODATA Task Group on Fundamental Constants was established in 1969.
The first such CODATA set was published in 1973, the second in 1986, the third in 1998, and the fourth in 2002.
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