5 of the Best Measurements In Science

Proving something right isn’t just about quantity. It’s also about quality and over the years, scientists have made measurements proving that we understand ridiculously well how the universe works.

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Sources:

Intro

https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy#life-expectancy-has-improved-globally

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181002-how-long-did-ancient-people-live-life-span-versus-longevity

https://home.cern/news/news/computing/cern-data-centre-passes-200-petabyte-milestone

https://www.nist.gov/pml/fundamental-physical-constants

Time

https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2014/04/nist-launches-new-us-time-standard-nist-f2-atomic-clock

https://jila.colorado.edu/yelabs/sites/default/files/uploads/Ye_Cundiff_CombBook.pdf [PDF]

https://www.pnas.org/content/115/29/7449

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v11/22

Mass

https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/m/microscope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYEgdZ3iEKA

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/einsteins-experimental-elevator/

http://spaceflight101.com/spacecraft/microscope/

https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.231101

Rydberg

https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.80.633

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-rydberg-formula-604285

http://inspirehep.net/record/691220/files/arXiv%3Ahep-ph_0509010.pdf [PDF]

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1444-0938.1997.tb04845.x

G-Factor

http://jupiter.chem.uoa.gr/thanost/papers/papers4/SciAm_218(1968)72.pdf [PDF]

https://indico.cern.ch/event/127522/contributions/108716/attachments/83026/118948/odom_g-2.pdf [PDF]

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090780718300739

http://inspirehep.net/record/1756917?ln=en

Electric Charge

https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.7.1224

http://faculty.washington.edu/trawets/vc/theory/dna/index.html