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Scientific Reference Man Pages
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Note: These manpages use Unicode extensively and are written for
[mandoc](https://mandoc.bsd.lv/).
elements.7
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The periodic table of the elements, rotated 90 degrees to fit into a
standard width terminal.
constants.7
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The [CODATA Values of the Fundamental Physical Constants][1].
[1]: https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html
si.7
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A reference for the SI units. Includes
* Values of prefixes
* All base and derived units with names from the SI brochure
* All accepted non-SI units
* Conversions between some non-SI units and SI equivalents
How to Install
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Place into your system's manual page directory (on most systems, this
will be `/usr/local/share/man/man7`), and run `makewhatis` as root.