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Time: From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics

Time: From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics

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In the twenty-first century, we take the means to measure time for granted, without contemplating the sophisticated concepts on which our time scales are based. This volume presents the evolution of concepts of time and methods of time keeping up to the present day. It outlines the progression of time based on sundials, water clocks, and the Earth's rotation, to time measurement using pendulum clocks, quartz crystal clocks, and atomic frequency standards. Time scales created as a result of these improvements in technology and the development of general and special relativity are explained. This second edition has been updated throughout to describe twentieth- and twenty-first-century advances and discusses the redefinition of SI units and the future of UTC. A new chapter on time and cosmology has been added. This broad-ranging reference benefits a diverse readership, including historians, scientists, engineers, educators, and it is accessible to general readers.

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5f545169-5229-4d34-84f0-09afc63ff8aa

Time: From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics

982 kr

982 kr

I lager

Tis, 22 jul - mån, 28 jul


Säker betalning

14-dagars öppet köp


Säljs och levereras av

Adlibris