Measurement Science for Modern Physics presents an engaging account of how advances in measurement and instrumentation have driven the major revolutions of modern physics. From early efforts to understand the motion of the planets and the nature of light, to today's ultra-precise atomic clocks, lasers and gravitational-wave detectors, measurement science has played an essential role in the development of modern physics.

• Chapter 1: Development of physics research up to the nineteenth century
• Chapter 2: Measurement uncertainty and the establishment of standards and fundamental physical values
• Chapter 3: Fundamentals of classical and early modern physics
• Chapter 4: Atomic clock and lasers
• Chapter 5: Detecting subtle relativistic effects
• Chapter 6: Expanding the observation frontier in astronomy
• Chapter 7: Ultra-low-temperature physics
• Chapter 8: Particles and antiparticles
• Chapter 9: High-energy physics and the structure of matter
• Chapter 10: Conclusion