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Time : from Earth rotation to atomic physics / Dennis D. McCarthy, P. Kenneth Seidelmann.

Van Pelt Library QB213 .M385 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McCarthy, Dennis D., author.
Seidelmann, P. Kenneth, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Time measurements.
Time.
Earth (Planet)--Rotation.
Earth (Planet).
Physical Description:
xvi, 386 pages ; 26 cm
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Contents:
Time before the 20th century
Time from the Earth's rotation
Ephemerides
Variable earth rotation
Earth orientation
Ephemeris time
Relativity and time
Time and cosmology
Dynamical and coordinate timescales
Clock developments
Microwave atomic clocks
Optical atomic standards
Definition and role of a second
International atomic time (TAI)
Coordinated universal time (UTC)
Time in the solar system
Time and frequency transfer
Modern earth orientation
International activities
Time applications
Future of timekeeping.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
ebook version :
ISBN:
9781107197282
1107197287
OCLC:
1048015321
Publisher Number:
40028762691
99979273440

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