Title:
Timekeeping : explore the history and science of telling time with 15 projects
Author:
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, c2012.
Physical Description:
vii, 120 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
ISBN:
9781619301368
Abstract:
"[This book] travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time."--P. [4] of cover.
General Note:
Includes index.
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.
Language:
English
Audience:
9-12.
