Time: From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics - Rilegato

McCarthy, Dennis D.; Seidelmann, P. Kenneth

 
9781107197282: Time: From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics
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ISBN 10: 1107197287 ISBN 13: 9781107197282
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Sinossi

This accessible reference presents the evolution of concepts of time and methods of time keeping, for historians, scientists, engineers, and educators.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Dennis D. McCarthy is a former Director of Time at the United States Naval Observatory, the leading authority in the US for astronomical and timing data. He has led and been a member of various Commissions and Working Groups within the International Astronomical Union and has authored and edited numerous publications dealing with fundamental astronomy, time, and Earth orientation.

P. Kenneth Seidelmann is a research professor of astronomy at the University of Virginia and is a former Director of Astrometry at the US Naval Observatory. He has led and been a member of a Division, various Commissions, and Working Groups of the International Astronomical Union, has co-authored two other books: Fundamentals of Astrometry (Cambridge, 2004) and Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics (2016), and is co-editor of the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac (2012).

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2018
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1107197287
ISBN 13 
9781107197282
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
2
Numero di pagine
400
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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