The Science of Time 2016 Time in Astronomy & Society, Past, Present and Future /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Arias, Elisa Felicitas (Editor), Combrinck, Ludwig (Editor), Gabor, Pavel (Editor), Hohenkerk, Catherine (Editor), Seidelmann, P. Kenneth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, 50
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Science.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

The uses of time in astronomy - from pointing telescopes, coordinating and processing observations, predicting ephemerides, cultures, religious practices, history, businesses, determining Earth orientation, analyzing time-series data and in many other ways - represent a broad sample of how time is u...

Table of Contents:

• The scientific and technical uses of time and time series data
• The civil and scientific understanding of time - education andoutreach
• The history of time and timepieces, clocks and calendars
• Social, cultural, and religious uses of timing informationHigh-precision time from sundials and the pendulum to atomic clocksand pulsars
• Impact of precise time and frequency measurement in astronomy & basic science
• Earth rotation and time Time and solar-system ephemerides
• The physics of time.