Splitting the second : the story of atomic time /
Tony Jones.
- [1st edition].
- x, 199 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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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Atomic clocks--History. Time measurements. Atomic clocks. Time measurements.
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