It's About Time

From Calendars and Clocks to Moon Cycles and Light Years - a History

Liz Evers (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2013
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78243-067-4 (ISBN)

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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. We've spent centuries developing new ways of measuring time, describing it and quantifying it, and such methods have given rise to some of the most technically and aesthetically beautiful devices ever invented. 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, this really is an essential handbook for anyone fascinated by the fourth dimension.

LIZ EVERS is a writer and trivia fanatic from Dublin, Ireland. Her previous books include the darkly comic compendium I Told You I Was Ill: Dying for a Laugh (2012) and To Be or Not to Be: and everything else you should know from Shakespeare (2010), a celebration of the great Bard's works and contribution to literature and language.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.9.2013
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 204 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Chronologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	1-78243-067-9 / 1782430679
ISBN-13	978-1-78243-067-4 / 9781782430674
Zustand	Neuware