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''Physicists'' measure [[energy]] in ''joules'', because a joule is based entirely on metric units {{x|kg * m<sup>2</sup> / s<sup>2</sup>}}. But a joule is a bit too small for the kinds of calculations we do on this wiki.  
''Physicists'' measure [[energy]] in ''joules'', because a joule is based entirely on metric units {{x|kg * m<sup>2</sup> / s<sup>2</sup>}}. But a joule is a bit too small for the kinds of calculations we do on this wiki.