TY  - BOOK
AU  - Evers,Liz
TI  - It's about time: from calendars and clocks to moon cycles and light years-- a history 
SN  - 9781782430674
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London
PB  - Michael O'Mara Books Limited
KW  - Calendar
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Time
KW  - Chronology
KW  - fast
KW  - TIME
KW  - Not Geographic
KW  - Michael O'Mara Book Limited, London
KW  - timekeeping time
KW  - NA/Other
KW  - Evers Liz
KW  - Chronologies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index; The land before time : geologic time, ice ages, dinosaurs and distant cousins -- Marking time : early timekeepers: from sun to standing stones and calendars to Computus -- Keeping time : the advent of hours and the first clocks to capture them -- The best of times : the golden age of timekeepers and the science of time -- Modern times : how we tell and keep time today and the cleverest clocks around -- Future time : the speed of time -- how we experience and move through it -- Space-time : wormholes, black holes, light years and the multiverse -- Thinking time : time and how we perceive it
N2  - From the ice-age recordings of moon cycles and the earliest calendars, to modern wristwatches and quantum clocks, time and its effects have always enthralled mankind. This book is a tribute to timekeeping in its many forms and takes in the most significant creations as well as countless time trivia. Peppered with time-related anecdotes and quotes, it is an essential handbook for anyone fascinated by the fourth dimension
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