Timekeeping : explore the history and science of telling time with 15 projects / Linda Formichelli and W. Eric Martin ; illustrated by Sam Carbaugh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: "Build it yourself" seriesPublisher: White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, [2012]Edition: [1st edition]Description: vii, 120 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781619301368
  • 1619301369
  • 9781619300330
  • 1619300338
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 -- Slicing the world into time zones -- Crystal clear timekeeping -- Measuring time without moving -- Time on your hands.
Summary: "[This book] travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time."--Page 4 of cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room Juvenile TS542.5 .F66 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000053526

Includes index.

Includes webliographical references 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 -- Slicing the world into time zones -- Crystal clear timekeeping -- Measuring time without moving -- Time on your hands.

"[This book] travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time."--Page 4 of cover.

9-12.

Guided reading level: S.

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15 projects for children age 9-12 to learn about timekeeping

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