A Tenth of a Second: A History by Jimena Canales

A Tenth of a Second: A History

Jimena Canales

288 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. But it wasn’t until the 1850s that instruments could recognize a tenth of a second, and, once they did, the impact on modern science and society w...

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