On the indeterminacy of the meter.

In the International System of Units (SI), 'meter' is defined in terms of seconds and the speed of light, and 'second' is defined in terms of properties of cesium 133 atoms. I show that one consequence of these definitions is that: if there is a minimal length (e.g., Planck length), then the chances...

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Published in:	Synthese Vol. 196; no. 6; pp. 2487 - 2518
Main Author:	Scharp, Kevin
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Jun2019
Subjects:	Metric system Units of measurement Molecular biology Speed of light
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost