And Dicke was done out of a Nobel because his antenna was too small.
He's the one who told P&W what they were measuring. That is, after the
pigeon poop had been cleaned out of the horn...
D
On 2020-05-12 16:22, Tom Van Baak wrote:
The following article just came out. It's not deep, but it's a quick,
readable overview that you can share with friends that wonder why
timekeeping is so interesting. I agree with reader comments that John
"Longitude" Harrison was a major omission.
"Arrows of Time: A project by Quanta Magazine"
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-time-a-history-of-physics-biology-clocks-and-culture-20200504/
/tvb
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