The discovery of time / edited by Stuart McCready.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: 255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1570716757
  • 9781570716751
Other title:
  • Time
Subject(s):
Contents:
Thinking about when it is / Stuart McCready -- Keeping time with nature / Ralph Mistlberger -- Prehistoric timekeepers / Clive Ruggles -- The moon, the sun, and the stars / Robert Hannah -- Exotic timekeepers / Clive Ruggles -- The time of day / Sara Schechner -- Beyond dead reckoning / Stuart McCready -- The triumph of the clockmakers / Stuart McCready -- Journeys into deep time / Michael Roberts -- More clocks within us / John Wearden -- Puzzles about time / Robin Le Poidevin.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room QB209 .D57 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000010864

Includes index.

Thinking about when it is / Stuart McCready -- Keeping time with nature / Ralph Mistlberger -- Prehistoric timekeepers / Clive Ruggles -- The moon, the sun, and the stars / Robert Hannah -- Exotic timekeepers / Clive Ruggles -- The time of day / Sara Schechner -- Beyond dead reckoning / Stuart McCready -- The triumph of the clockmakers / Stuart McCready -- Journeys into deep time / Michael Roberts -- More clocks within us / John Wearden -- Puzzles about time / Robin Le Poidevin.

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