Titre:
Timekeeping : explore the history and science of telling time with 15 projects
Auteur:
PUBDATE:
2012
GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:
White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, c2012.
Description matérielle:
vii, 120 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9781619301368
Résumé:
"[This book] travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time."--P. [4] of cover.
Note générale:
Includes index.
Table des matières:
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:
Anglais
CUST_AUDIENCE:
9-12.
