While following a web lead the other day I found these most interesting measurement publications on sale at the PTB web site in Germany. Here’s some of the text and an image from their pages.
Monograph series of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Braunschweig, Germany – The monograph series serves to present subjects which ensue from, or are closely related to, the activities of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) The National Metrology Institute for Germany. These subjects relate not only to metrological issues but also to the various aspects of the physical and technical research work undertaken by the PTB and its sister institutes.
The content and form of the volumes – which are published in German or English – allow for the variety of the tasks and subjects.
The following volumes are available in bookshops:
* Herausforderung Metrologie (in German)
Die Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt und die Entwicklung seit 1945
Author: Dieter Kind (NW-Verlag, 2002)
The following volumes are not subject to fixed prices. They are available at a special price of EUR 12.- per volume at the PTB.
* The Art of Measurement
Metrology in Fundamental and Applied Physics
Editor: Bernhard Kramer (VCH, 1988)
* Quantenmaße in der elektrischen Messtechnik (in German)
(Quantum measures in electrical metrology)
Authors: Volkmar Kose, Friedmund Melchert VCH, 1991)
* Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfälle (in German)
Editor: Helmut Röthemeyer (VCH, 1991)
* Forschung und Präzisionsmessung (in German)
(Research and Precision Measurement)
Author: Ulrich Kern (VCH, 1994)
* The Inverse Problem
Symposium ad memoriam Hermann von Helmholtz
Editor: Heinz Lübbig (VCH 1995)
These five volumes can be obtained from:
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Press and Information Office
Cornelia Land
Bundesallee 100
D–38116 Braunschweig, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 531-592-93 13
Fax: +49 (0) 531-592-30 08
E-mail: cornelia.land[at]ptb.de
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