Time / by Paul Bennett.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Snapping-turtle guide. History of.Publisher: Tonbridge : Ticktock, ©1999Description: 29 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • cartographic image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1860070159
  • 9781860070150
Subject(s):
Contents:
What is time? -- Biological clocks -- The seasons -- Ancient timekeeping -- Breaking time -- Today's dates -- Timekeeping (Using the elements ; The mechanical clock ; In today's world) -- Timetables -- Keeping the world on time -- Looking back in time -- Geological time -- Space time -- The fourth dimension -- Did you know?
Summary: A broad look at all aspects of time, from the changing seasons to timekeeping past and present - Big Bang theory - Circadian rhythm - Stonehenge - Fourth dimension - Atomic clock.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room Juvenile QB209.5 .B46 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000064051

Includes index.

What is time? -- Biological clocks -- The seasons -- Ancient timekeeping -- Breaking time -- Today's dates -- Timekeeping (Using the elements ; The mechanical clock ; In today's world) -- Timetables -- Keeping the world on time -- Looking back in time -- Geological time -- Space time -- The fourth dimension -- Did you know?

A broad look at all aspects of time, from the changing seasons to timekeeping past and present - Big Bang theory - Circadian rhythm - Stonehenge - Fourth dimension - Atomic clock.

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A non-fiction book for juveniles (age 9 and up) on the nature and history of time and timekeeping, richly illustrated in color

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