From Artefacts to Atoms: The BIPM and the Search for Ultimate Measurement Standards
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (766 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195307860 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 440 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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bill luecke said Review is based only on his in-person presentations.. Terry Quinn reviewed his book at our institute colloquium (@ NIST) today. If he writes as well as he speaks in person, this book should be excellent. His colloquium was one of the best we've had in several years. Obviously, the subject of the book is reasonably esoteric, but the story of the kilogram and the role of the BIPM has the potential to appeal to the scientific and engineering communities and not just hardcore metrologists.
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 international units. The BIPM was the first international scientific laboratory. One of the early Directors received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1920 for his discovery of invar. This book tells the inside story of what led to these changes, from the events surrounding the founding of the BIPM in 1875 -- a landmark in the history of international cooperation -- to the present. It traces not only the evolution of the science, but also the story of the key individuals and events. Despite many national and personal rivalries, the institute actually created was admirably suited to its declared tasks. The international governing Board of the institute, the International Committee of Weights and Measures, has guided the institute from one charged with the conservation of the prototype artefacts to one now at the centre of world metrology and preparing for the redefinition of the last remaining artifact, the kilogram, in terms of a fixed value for
From 1988 to 2003 he was Director of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, Sevres, France and was much involved in the organization of international metrology. Terry Quinn is an experimental physicist who has worked in a number of fields of measurements science: temperature, optical radiometry, mass and fundamental constants. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.
From 1988 to 2003 he was Director of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, Sevres, France and was much involved in the organization of international metrology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.. About the AuthorTerry Quinn is an experimental physicist who has worked in a number of fields of measurements science: temperature, optical radiometry, mass and fundamental constants