Splitting the second : the story of atomic time / Tony Jones.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol, England ; Philadelphia, PA : Institute of Physics Pub., 2000Edition: [1st edition]Description: x, 199 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0750306408
  • 9780750306409
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Astronomers' time -- Physicists' time -- Atomic time -- World time -- The leap second -- Time transfer -- Uses of accurate time -- The future of time -- Appendix: Timekeeping organizations.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room QB107 .J66 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000050068

Includes index.

Astronomers' time -- Physicists' time -- Atomic time -- World time -- The leap second -- Time transfer -- Uses of accurate time -- The future of time -- Appendix: Timekeeping organizations.

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History of the atomic clock

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