From Sundials to Atomic Clocks: Understanding Time and Frequency, Second Revised Edition

by James Jespersen and Jane Fitz-Randolph

Book Overview

It's present everywhere but occupies no space. We can spend it, but we can't destroy it or even change it, and there's never any more or less of it. Everyone knows what it is and uses it every day, but no one has been able to define it. It's time, of course, an elusive concept that has helped unravel some of nature's greatest mysteries, yet remains a mystery itself. This volume, newly revised and updated, offers an unusually clear and accessible introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486409139
• ISBN13: 9780486409139
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.2"