Tools of timekeeping : a kid's guide to the history & science of telling time / Linda Formichelli and W. Eric Martin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press ; [2005]Distributor: Chicago : [Distributed by] Independent Publishers Group, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Edition: [1st edition]Description: 137 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0972202676
  • 9780972202671
  • 9781435276086
  • 1435276086
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction: now is the time -- The birth of time -- Here come the hours -- Telling time after twilight -- What is a clock anyway? -- Escaping the time traps of old -- Back and forth and back and forth -- Any way you slice it -- Crystal clear timekeeping -- Measuring time without moving -- Time on your hands.
Summary: Describes the history and technology of the methods people have used to measure time, and provides 15 activities designed to improve one's awareness of the complexity of timekeeping.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room Juvenile TS542.5 .F67 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000053690

Includes bibliographical references (page 131) and index.

Introduction: now is the time -- The birth of time -- Here come the hours -- Telling time after twilight -- What is a clock anyway? -- Escaping the time traps of old -- Back and forth and back and forth -- Any way you slice it -- Crystal clear timekeeping -- Measuring time without moving -- Time on your hands.

Describes the history and technology of the methods people have used to measure time, and provides 15 activities designed to improve one's awareness of the complexity of timekeeping.

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A juvenile activity book for age 9+ on timekeeping

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