The mystery of time : humanity's quest for order and measure /
Langone, John, 1929-2006,
The mystery of time : humanity's quest for order and measure / John Langone. - 256 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Time: the elusive concept -- Cycles of nature -- Timekeepers of the ancients -- Mechanizing time -- Fine-tuning time -- The Time of our lives -- Deep time.
Chronicles a visual journey through humanity's efforts to measure and quantify time, from watching the geese fly south for the winter to modern cosmology.
0792279107 9780792279105 0792279115 9780792279112
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Time--History.
Time.
Philosophy USA History time Timekeeper (general)
History.
The mystery of time : humanity's quest for order and measure / John Langone. - 256 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Time: the elusive concept -- Cycles of nature -- Timekeepers of the ancients -- Mechanizing time -- Fine-tuning time -- The Time of our lives -- Deep time.
Chronicles a visual journey through humanity's efforts to measure and quantify time, from watching the geese fly south for the winter to modern cosmology.
0792279107 9780792279105 0792279115 9780792279112
00041812
Time--History.
Time.
Philosophy USA History time Timekeeper (general)
History.