pH was a Mistake
"For the ludicrously trivial 'advantage' of having a
range of positive numbers around +7 rather than negative numbers around -7,
chemists have discarded a scale of obvious meaning in favour of one that has
generated endless confusion. The pH scale is probably here to stay, however, and
so one must make the best of an error of judgement....."
from
Basic Mathematics for Biochemists. by Athel
Cornish-Bowden
published in 1981 by Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London. ISBN
0-412-23000-3