An introduction to acoustics, the name given to that branch of science that deals with sound.
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- An introduction to atomic timekeeping, the most accurate clocks in the Universe.
- An introduction to biotechnology, the collection of technologies that enable us to manipulate living organisms or their sub-cellular components to develop useful products, processes or services.
- An introduction to colour and how to measure it.
- Measurement science is changing and becoming more complex, and these days, mathematics and software are having an increasingly important role to play.
- In 1905 Albert Einstein, a lowly 26 year old clerk in the Swiss patent office, published papers that changed the way we see the whole universe.
- An introduction to electricity the most commonly used form of energy for tasks ranging from simple heating and lighting to the powering of computers for the most complex of applications.
- An introduction to the history of length measurement.
- An introduction to ionising radiation.
- An introduction to length. The way we have defined and measured length has taken many forms throughout history.
- An introduction to light measured in candela.
- An introduction to mass. The kilogram is the SI unit for measuring mass.
- An introduction to materials measurement.
- An introduction to nanotechnology, a compilation of technologies researching the ability to control or manipulate matter, structures and systems on the atomic and molecular scale.
- An introduction to temperature measurement.
- An introduction to traceability & uncertainty. One way of ensuring that your measurements are accurate is by tracing them back to national standards.