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"> *\"For all time. For all people.\"*\n",
"> - Nicolas de Caritat (Marquis de Condorcet), in regards to the metric system (now the SI system)"
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"`forallpeople` is a Python library for representing the SI base units to enable easy-to-use, units-aware calculations. In addition to the SI base units, `forallpeople` can be used to represent units which are defined by the SI unit system, such as US Customary units."
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"## Installation\n",
"\n",
"```\n",
"pip install forallpeople\n",
"```"
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"## A Simple Example"
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"import forallpeople as si\n",
"si.environment('default')\n",
"\n",
"g = 9.81 * si.m/si.s**2\n",
"m = 3500 * si.kg\n",
"force = m * g\n",
"force"
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"## Features\n",
"\n",
"* Rich representations for use in Jupyter (HTML, Latex, plain-text)\n",
"* Units display as conventional symbols by default\n",
"* Units \"auto-reduce\" based upon the unit environment\n",
"* Auto-scaling of SI derived units and base units (e.g. 1100 Hz -> 1.1 kHz)\n",
"* Conversion between units defined in your environment\n",
"* Custom unit environments for defining US, imperial, and derived SI unit options\n",
"* Interactive imports to push unit names into the top level namespace\n",
"* Immutable, hashable instances"
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"## Contents"
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"- [Basic Usage](basic_usage.ipynb)\n",
"- [API](interface.ipynb)\n",
"- [Standard Behaviours](standard_behaviours.ipynb)\n",
"- [Dimensionally-inconsistent Calculations](empiricals.ipynb)\n",
"- [Customizing Environments](environments.ipynb)\n",
"- [Background and Approach](background.ipynb)"
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