Time / Francois le Lionnais ; translated by William D. O'Gorman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: London : Prentice Hall, 1960Edition: [1st English edition]Description: 110 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Summary: Describes man's methods for measuring time and developments in watch and clock making techniques. Discusses the concept of time in the sciences and mathematics, including entropy and relativity theory, and the nature of personal time and collective time. Beautifully illustrated.
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Describes man's methods for measuring time and developments in watch and clock making techniques. Discusses the concept of time in the sciences and mathematics, including entropy and relativity theory, and the nature of personal time and collective time. Beautifully illustrated.

Translated from the French.

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History of time and timekeeping popular translated from french

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