The Measurement of Time
Contributors: Stephen Lyle (Translator)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780521800808
Subjects: Atomic & molecular physics; Chemical physics; Horology; Physics Research; Practical And Spherical Astronomy; Science; Time measurements; Science/Mathematics; Almanacs; Physics; Science / Physics; Astronomy - General; Atomic clocks
First sentence: The use of atomic properties for time measurement was born in 1955 when the first caesium beam frequency standard began regular operation in the United Kingdom.