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Eileen Magnello
224 pages, Paperback
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ISBN 0 9537868 1 1
2000
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In the year 2000, the National Physical Laboratory(NPL) celebrated 100 years at the heart of British measurement science. During this century, NPL produced units and standards of measurement for the benefit of industry and science alike and was a tremendous innovative force: from the development of radar to Alan Turing's brilliant invention of the first programmable British computer; from atomic clocks to the world's first local area network, the earliest precursor of the Internet.

A host of Nobel-Prizewinners have been associated with NPL, and the impact of i ts work has been felt throughout the world. This richly illustrated book uses archive photographs to present NPL's work in an attractive and entertaining way as we look forward to the next century of measurement.
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