Known Errors in the First Printing of Unit T, 1/e

NOTE: In all that follows I will use <letter name> to represent a Greek-letter variable, ^ to indicate that the next quantity is superscripted, _ to indicate that the next quantity is subscripted, and boldface to indicate a vector quantity. I will also go against typographical convention and put punctuation outside of quotation marks to make whatever is enclosed in quotes exactly reflect what is (or should be) in the text. 

• Inside front cover: add a statement that normal atmospheric pressure is 101.3 kPa.
• Inside front cover: add the definition of the pascal.
• page ix, item 5, second line: omit "a" between "require" and "substantial".
• page x, sixth line: omit "a" between "with" and "day-by-day".
• page xii, first line of second paragraph: add "to" between "was" and "simplify".
• pages xiii and xiv, section 9: added some omitted names.
• page 10, third line from the end of the paragraph containing equation T1.6: the extra 4186 in the statement of the value of c for lead was deleted.
• page 17, exercise T2X.1, second line: atmospheric pressure is 101 kPa not 1.01 kPa.
• page 25, equation T2.21 and the line below: replace subscript "sp" with italic subscript "s" for consistency.
• page 28, answer to exercise T2X.1: should be 3.47 x 10^22 molecules, 1.62 g.
• page 28, answer to exercise T2X.6, last line: clarify that k_BT and T should be less than roughly ...
• page 42, answer to exercise T3X.5: insert dot between N and m in units for each square.
• page 46, first line after equation T4.2a: inserted "the" between "being" and "effective".
• page 50, fourth-from-last line in second paragraph of section T4.6, last item in line: replace "/" by "-" for consistency.
• page 92, text between equations T7.20 and T7.21: will rewrite for clarity.

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