Название: Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks, UK Edition
Автор: Chad Orzel
Издательство: Oneworld Publications
ISBN: 0861542150
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 336
Размер: 7,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Press the snooze button on your alarm once too often and you soon remember the importance of good timekeeping. That need to tell the time connects you to over five thousand years of human history, from the first solstice markers at Newgrange to quartz crystal oscillating in your watch today. Science underpins time: measuring the movement of Sun, Earth and Moon, and unlocking the mysteries of quantum mechanics and relativity theory – the key to ultra-precise atomic clocks.