A brief history of timekeeping : the science of marking time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks
(2022)
By:
Orzel, Chad
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
681.113/ORZEL,C
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2022]
DESCRIPTION
324 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781953295606, 1953295606 :, 1953295606, 9781953295606
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Sharp and engaging, A Brief History of Timekeeping is a story not just about the science of sundials, sandglasses, and mechanical clocks, but also the politics of calendars and time zones, the philosophy of measurement, and the nature of space and time itself"--