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This is the Conversation Forum for Units of Measurement << hi Fulongs per fortnight >> Subject: What's Wrong With Measuring Angles in Degrees? Posted Nov 1, 2004 by Apollyon - Grammar Fascist   Posting 1 Really, who decided that the radian is the only valid unit for measuring angles, and why? Sure, it is useful in mathematics and some physics, but in other pyhsics and all of engineering, the degree is far simpler and more precise. At least there are a whole onteger of degress in a circle... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What's Wrong With Measuring Angles in Degrees? Posted Nov 3, 2004 by Cefpret This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 I only said in the article that *mathematically* it's the only legitimate unit for angle. The reason is that this leads to the most symmetric formulae. As far as I know, the degree is totally allowed, too, but it is not part of the SI. Subject: What's Wrong With Measuring Angles in Degrees? Posted Nov 22, 2006 by TRiG (Ireland) Human rights under attack in Uganda. Look it up. Excellent coverage on the blog "Box Turtle Bulletin" This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Degrees are really rather strange things. Gradiens are more intuitive, and radians make more mathematical sense. We're stuck with degrees through a quirk of history. TRiG. Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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