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Defining and Measuring Nature (Second Edition)
- The make of all things
Engelsk Hardback
Defining and Measuring Nature (Second Edition)
- The make of all things
Engelsk Hardback

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Measurement forms an essential part of our view of the world. Our world is measured and calibrated, and we are all subject to the tyranny of these numbers. In this updated and extended edition, Jeffrey Huw Williams outlines the history of measurement; particularly of the International System of units (SI). Since the previous edition, the base units of the SI have been redefined; realizing a 150-year-old dream for a measurement system based on unchanging, fundamental quantities of nature. This change has created a new SI, a Quantum SI, which will significantly change the way we look at nature in a quantitative manner, and greatly facilitate the advance of science.


Key Features

  • Significantly updated and extended new edition
  • The first book to include the new Quantum SI base unit definitions
  • Features wider societal and philosophical implications of a move away from physical standards
  • Outlines the history of the science of measurement, and the origin of the Metric System
  • More than a textbook of metrology, it is also a history of how we have arrived at the Quantum SI
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
185
ISBN-13:
9780750331418
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
2
ISBN-10:
0750331410
Udg. Dato:
20 jul 2020
Længde:
13mm
Bredde:
178mm
Højde:
254mm
Forlag:
Institute of Physics Publishing
Oplagsdato:
20 jul 2020
Forfatter(e):
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