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

By:

Jones, A. W. (Tony) [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: 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:

History.

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room	QB107 .J66 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31560000050068

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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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