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When Cortez asked the Aztecs where they obtained the iron in their daggers, they pointed to the sky. Stars manufacture iron, and every other element making up familiar objects around us. In this fasci
A comprehensive introduction to the physics of time and time measurement, from an historical perspective to the modern day. The book covers precision and uses of atomic clocks and the atomic time scal