Quantum Metrology and Fundamental Physical Constants

A.A. Lucas, Paul H. Cutler, A. North (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

658 Seiten

1983
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-306-41372-8 (ISBN)

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The object of this NATO Advanced Study Institute was to pre sent a tutorial 'introduction both to the basic physics of recent spectacular advances achieved in the field of metrology and to the determination of fundamental physical constants. When humans began to qualify their description of natural phenomena, metrology, the science of measurement, developed along side geometry and mathematics. However, flam antiquity to modern times, the role of metrology was mostly restricted to the need of commercial, social or scientific transactions of local or at most national scope. Beginning with the Renaissance, and particularly in western Europe during the last century, metrology rapidly developed an international character as a result of growing needs for more accurate measurements and common standards in the emerging indus trial society. Although the concerns of metrology are deeply rooted to fundamental sciences, it was, until recently, perceived by much of the scientific community as mostly custodial in character.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.1983
Reihe/Serie	NATO Science Series: B ; 98
Zusatzinfo	XII, 658 p.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
ISBN-10	0-306-41372-8 / 0306413728
ISBN-13	978-0-306-41372-8 / 9780306413728
Zustand	Neuware