Time
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2000
Headline Book Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7472-5988-6 (ISBN)
Headline Book Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7472-5988-6 (ISBN)
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What exactly is a second? Why is it called a second? When was the first second used and why? In the bestselling tradition of LONGITUDE, TIME combines the best of popular science and popular history to make an informative and entertaining read
In the vein of popular science successes such as THE CALENDAR and FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM, TIME looks at man's obsessive and ingenious efforts to measure and label the dimension that dominates our lives. Waugh looks at every aspect of time - from the Big Bang, through clock time and calendars to the end of time. Drawing on Waugh's polymathic knowledge of art, music, literature, science and social history, this is a hugely entertaining examination of the big questions about time: how were seconds, minutes and hours agreed; how were the various calendars arrived at and why are there twelve months in a year and seven days in a week?
In the vein of popular science successes such as THE CALENDAR and FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM, TIME looks at man's obsessive and ingenious efforts to measure and label the dimension that dominates our lives. Waugh looks at every aspect of time - from the Big Bang, through clock time and calendars to the end of time. Drawing on Waugh's polymathic knowledge of art, music, literature, science and social history, this is a hugely entertaining examination of the big questions about time: how were seconds, minutes and hours agreed; how were the various calendars arrived at and why are there twelve months in a year and seven days in a week?
Alexander Waugh is the grandson of Evelyn and son of Auberon. He has been the chief Opera Critic at both the Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard, and is also a publisher, cartoonist and award-winning composer.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.9.2000 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 16 mm |
| Gewicht | 224 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
| Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Chronologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7472-5988-7 / 0747259887 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7472-5988-6 / 9780747259886 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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