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From Magna Carta to Microchips: 1: Principles, Standards and Methods

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The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for Young People
A series of six lectures on the theme of measurement given by Professor R.V. Jones, F.R.S.
Measurement enables us to express our observation of objects in precise terms by converting into numbers. Using these numbers, be they inches, feet or millimetres, it is possible to duplicate exactly something we have measured in another place at another time. Without this capability our modern, industrial society could not have evolved.
(Part 2 tomorrow at 7.0 pm)

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Speaker:
Professor R.V. Jones
Produced for television by:
Brian Johnson
Source: Radio Times

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