It's about time : from calendars and clocks to moon cycles and light years-- a history / Liz Evers.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Michael O'Mara Books Limited, 2013Description: 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781782430674
  • 1782430679
  • 9781782431930
  • 1782431934
Other title:
  • It is about time
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room QB209 .E384 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000039053

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.

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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