The science of time 2016 : time in astronomy & society, past, present and future /: time in astronomy & society, past, present and future. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elisa Felicitas Arias, Ludwig Combrinck, Pavel Gabor, Catherine Hohenkerk, P. Kenneth Seidelmann, editors.
• Editors: Arias, Félicitas (Elisa Félicitas); Combrinck, Ludwig; Gabor, Pavel; Hohenkerk, C. Y; Seidelmann, P. Kenneth
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Cosmic Time: From the Big Bang to the Eternal Future; Time and Entropy; Time in Relativity; Relativistic Cosmology; Cosmic Evolution; Measuring the Age Directly; Time and the Big Bang; Time in the Infinite Universe; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: The Proof of the Pudding; Chapter 3: The Role of Ephemerides from Ptolemy to Kepler; References; Chapter 4: How Time Served to Measure the Geographical Position Since Hellenism; Introduction; Longitude: An Unapplied Computing Exercise? The Method Described by Ptolemy; The Classical Calculation Example: Arbela and Carthage; What Are the Data Sources for This Standard Example?; How Can This Be Understood?; Are There Really No Data?; Is Accuracy the Reason for Not Applying the Method?; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Changing Times in the Nautical Almanac Over 250 Years; References; Chapter 6: Bond Time: The Electric Method of Time Recording; Chapter 7: The Development and Use of the Pilkington and Gibbs Heliochronometer and Sol Horometer Chapter 8: These Are Not Your Mother's Sundials: Or, Time and Astronomy's Authority; Political Power; Religious Order; Time-Telling Conventions; Slaves to Fashion; Authority of Learning; Labor Relationships; Empire; Clock Regulation; Conclusion; References; Chapter 9: The History of Time; Chapter 10: "When?" It's a Basic Question That We Ask All the Time; Chapter 11: Inter-site Alignments of Prehistoric Shrines in Chaco Canyon to the Major Lunar Standstill; Introduction; The Lunar Standstill Cycle Background Research on the Archaeology and Archaeoastronomy of the Chaco Culture; Crescents, Cairns, and Circles in Chaco Canyon; Site Forms; Site Functions; Methods; Results; Discussion and Conclusion; Appendix; References; Chapter 12: Atomic Time Scales and Their Applications in Astronomy; Chapter 13: Relativistic Time at the US Naval Observatory; Introduction; Albert Michelson; Relativity for Educating Both the Scientists and the Public; The Hafele-Keating Experiment; An Illustration of the Principle of Least Action USNO Tests of Einstein's Equivalence Principle (EEP); Search for EEP (LPI) Violations in Annual Solar Potential Variations; Searches for EEP (LPI) Violations in Diurnal Solar Potential Differences of the Earth; Conclusion; In Memory of Dr. Gernot Winkler; References; Chapter 14: Real-Time Realization of UTC at Observatoire de Paris; Time and Time Scale; UTC(OP) Performances; Conclusion; References; Chapter 15: Time in Television Systems; Chapter 16: From Computer Time to Legal Civil Time: IANA tz, IETF tzdist, etc.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 394 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 530.11; Physics; Space and time; SCIENCE -- Energy; SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General; SCIENCE -- Physics -- General; Space and time; Science -- Physics; Science -- History; Science -- Weights & Measures; History of science; Mensuration & systems of measurement; History; Science -- Astronomy; Astronomy, space & time; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319599090; 3319599097
• Related ISBNs: 9783319599083; 3319599089
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 17, 2017).
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