From Artefacts to Atoms: The BIPM and the Search for Ultimate Measurement Standards by Terry Quinn
From Artefacts to Atoms: The BIPM and the Search for Ultimate Measurement Standards

Terry Quinn

From Artefacts to Atoms: The BIPM and the Search for Ultimate Measurement Standards

Terry Quinn

440 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

medium-paced

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The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) is currently implementing the greatest change ever in the world's system of weights and measures — it is redefining the kilogram, the final artefact standard, and reorganizing the system of i...

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