Time's Pendulum: From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and how Our Discoveries Changed the World

Time's Pendulum: From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and how Our Discoveries Changed the World
ISBN-10
0156006499
ISBN-13
9780156006491
Category
Time
Pages
334
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author
Jo Ellen Barnett

Description

A look at man's attempts to accurately measure time shows how the concept of time has steadily evolved and broadened our perception of the world

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