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Times Pendulum: From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and How Our Discoveries Changed the World
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Mariner Books
Publication date
March 1, 1999
Pages
334
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780156006491
ISBN-10
0156006499
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.75 lbs.
Original list price
$19.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A comprehensive and compulsively readable study of humankind's attempts to accurately measure time shows how the concept of time has steadily evolved and broadened our perception of the world, and discusses history's various time-measuring devices and their inventors. 20,000 first printing. Tour.
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from Mariner Books (March 1, 1999)
9780156006491 | details & prices | 334 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $19.95
About: 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
About: 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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