Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

From Magna Carta to Microchip: Principles, Standards and Methods (1981x1)

Air date: Dec 28, 1981

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.