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