About us

Our company, founded in March 2006, provides tools for analysis, thin film deposition, measurement and control applications from market-leading suppliers. We focus on research, development and process control in the materials science, energy research and semiconductor markets. We have a significant breadth of product offering, including the World market leading thin film metrology company k-Space Associates, Inc. and our 15+ year relationship has included 9 Distributor of the Year awards.

Products and services

k-Space Associates, Inc.

In-situ thin film metrology

European sales partner.

Staib Instruments GmbH

Products for RHEED and surface analysis

UK & Ireland sales partner.

Thought for the month

"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen" Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. 1870 – 1924

Contact

RTA Instruments Ltd
Highfield
Back Lane,
Monks Eleigh
IP7 7BA
United Kingdom


E: sales at rta-instruments.com

Friday 2 December 2016

Foul play?

Whilst scientific investigations that aim to understand the natural world can undoubtedly be demanding and difficult, the last three hundred years have seen huge leaps in our knowledge. In comparison unravelling the complexities of human behaviour sometimes appears more challenging. Even so, the inability of pollsters to predict the recent intentions of voters both in the USA and UK is rather noteworthy. Post event explanations have varied from devious foul play to poor polling sampling methodology and analysis. However I think Theodosius I has a lot to answer for. As the last emperor of a united eastern and western Roman Empire he abolished haruspicy. Consequently YouGov, Gallup and others have missed out on nearly two thousand years of refining entrails analysis as a prediction tool.

Perhaps for the sake of a few chicken livers things might have been very different. Fowl play?

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