Dennis D. McCarthy, P. Kenneth Seidelmann

Time

From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 876g
• ISBN-13: 9781107197282
• ISBN-10: 1107197287
• Artikelnr.: 52418544

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Time: pre-twentieth century
2. Solar time
3. Ephemerides
4. Variable Earth rotation
5. Earth orientation
6. Ephemeris time
7. Relativity and time
8. Time and cosmology
9. Dynamical and coordinate time scales
10. Clock developments
11. Microwave atomic clocks
12. Optical atomic standards
13. Definition and role of a second
14. International Atomic Time (TAI)
15. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
16. Time in the solar system
17. Time and frequency transfer
18. Modern Earth orientation
19. International activities
20. Time applications
21. Future of time keeping
Acronyms
Glossary.