Marcus, I must be a pretty good guesser.You asked me to give "just ONE" example of the practical need for greater precision in measurements and I hypothesized that clocks and GPS serve as such an example.
I received this this morning from NASA Science News. It's a link on that very subject and it's quite an interesting news article: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/08apr_atomicclock.htm?list58745 QED Jim -- James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Charleston, SC 29407 66 George Street 843.225.0805 Charleston, SC 29424 http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644
