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Defining and measuring nature : the make of all things / / Jeffrey Huw Williams
| Defining and measuring nature : the make of all things / / Jeffrey Huw Williams |
| Autore | Williams Jeffrey H (Jeffrey Huw), <1956-> |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : , : IOP Publishing, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 530.8/1 |
| Collana | IOP ebooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Weights and measures - History
Measurement - History Metric system - History |
| ISBN |
9780750331425
0750331429 9780750331432 0750331437 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Introduction : the origin of observation and measurement -- 1. Measurement in antiquity -- 1.1. Man is the measure of all things -- 1.2. Seeds and cosmic forces -- 1.3. The Bronze-Age -- 1.4. Ancient time metrology : the calendar -- 1.5. The Roman Empire
2. Measurement in the early modern period -- 2.1. 'Measured by the King's iron rod' -- 2.2. Measuring the world -- 2.3. The pendulum : the world's first precision measuring device -- 2.4. 'Dear boy ...' 3. Measurement in the modern world (I) -- 3.1. Surveying and measuring the Earth -- 3.2. The circumference of the Earth -- 3.3. The Chinese survey -- 3.4. La Révolution Française -- 3.5. Defining the size of the world -- 3.6. The metric survey -- 3.7. The error in all things 4. Measurement in the modern world (II) -- 4.1. Envy, money, terror, and the metric system -- 4.2. The endgame -- 4.3. Avez-vous l'heure s'il vous plait? -- 4.4. Falling out of favour with the metric system 5. Creating the language that is science -- 5.1. Dividing apples with oranges to make ... something different -- 5.2. The consequences of mixing units -- 5.3. Derived units -- 5.4. A final comment on the value of a quantity 6. What was not in the original metric system? -- 6.1. Energy, work, and power -- 6.2. Electricity -- 6.3. The molecule meme -- 6.4. Unit conversion in electromagnetism 7. Measurement in the age of scientific certainty -- 7.1. The Convention du mètre -- 7.2. Conférence générale des poids et mesures (CGPM) -- 7.3. Comité international des poids et mesures (CIPM) -- 7.4. Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM) 8. A true universal language : the SI -- 8.1. Even scientists cannot always agree on units 9. 20th century confusions and refinements in measurement -- 9.1. International politics -- 9.2. Events at the BIPM during the Fall of France, June 1940 -- 9.3. Two peoples separated by a common system of weights and measures 10. The birth of the Quantum-SI -- 10.1. The need for change -- 10.2. The problem that was the kilogram -- 10.3. The background to the redefinition 11. The base units of the Système International des Unites (I) -- 11.1. The base unit of length is the metre (m) -- 11.2. The base unit of mass is the kilogram (kg) -- 11.3. The base unit of electric current is the ampere (A) -- 11.4. The base unit of thermodynamic temperature is the kelvin (K) -- 11.5. The base unit of light intensity is the candela (cd) -- 11.6. The base unit of amount of substance is the mole (mol) 12. The base units of the Système International des Unites (II) -- 12.1. The base unit of time is the second (s) -- 12.2. The future of frequency standards -- 12.3. The mechanism of an optical clock -- 12.4. Secondary representations of the second -- 12.5. Possible applications of optical clocks 13. The new Système international des unites -- 13.1. Some further details of the Quantum-SI -- 13.2. Experimental measurements of the elementary charge, e -- 13.3. The problem of the permeability of space in the new SI -- 13.4. Determination of the Planck constant -- 13.5. Measurement of NA by x-ray diffraction 14. For this is science -- 14.1. Units of measurement must evolve, because science evolves -- 14.2. The constants of Nature -- 14.3. Final thoughts on the evolution of units of measurement. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Make of all things. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911009285403321 |
Williams Jeffrey H (Jeffrey Huw), <1956->
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| Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : , : IOP Publishing, , [2020] | ||
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The fundamental constants [[electronic resource] ] : a mystery of physics / / Harald Fritzsch ; translated by Gregory Stodolsky
| The fundamental constants [[electronic resource] ] : a mystery of physics / / Harald Fritzsch ; translated by Gregory Stodolsky |
| Autore | Fritzsch Harald <1943-> |
| Edizione | [English ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (214 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.8/1 |
| Soggetto topico | Physical constants |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-44138-8
9786612441387 981-281-820-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 The Constants of Nature; Chapter 2 Elementary Interactions; Chapter 3 Elementary Interactions and Quantum Theory; Chapter 4 Atomic Nuclei and Particles; Chapter 5 Big Accelerators; Chapter 6 Colorful Quarks and Gluons; Chapter 7 The Standard Model; Chapter 8 The Standard Model and the Natural Constants; Chapter 9 The Grand Unification; Chapter 10 In the Garden of San Marino; Chapter 11 On the Road to El Capitan Beach; Chapter 12 In Esalen; Chapter 13 At the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; Chapter 14 A Strange Big Bang; Epilogue; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457024103321 |
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Fritzsch Harald <1943->
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| Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The fundamental constants [[electronic resource] ] : a mystery of physics / / Harald Fritzsch ; translated by Gregory Stodolsky
| The fundamental constants [[electronic resource] ] : a mystery of physics / / Harald Fritzsch ; translated by Gregory Stodolsky |
| Autore | Fritzsch Harald <1943-> |
| Edizione | [English ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (214 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.8/1 |
| Soggetto topico | Physical constants |
| ISBN |
1-282-44138-8
9786612441387 981-281-820-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 The Constants of Nature; Chapter 2 Elementary Interactions; Chapter 3 Elementary Interactions and Quantum Theory; Chapter 4 Atomic Nuclei and Particles; Chapter 5 Big Accelerators; Chapter 6 Colorful Quarks and Gluons; Chapter 7 The Standard Model; Chapter 8 The Standard Model and the Natural Constants; Chapter 9 The Grand Unification; Chapter 10 In the Garden of San Marino; Chapter 11 On the Road to El Capitan Beach; Chapter 12 In Esalen; Chapter 13 At the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; Chapter 14 A Strange Big Bang; Epilogue; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780920803321 |
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Fritzsch Harald <1943->
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| Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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