The time book : a brief history from lunar calendars to atomic clocks
Title:
The time book : a brief history from lunar calendars to atomic clocks
Author:
Jenkins, Martin, 1959-
Holland, Richard, 1976-
ISBN:
9781406304060
Publication Information:
London : Walker, 2009
Physical Description:
57 p. : ill. ; 31 cm
General Note:
Includes index
Abstract:
What is time? When did we first use it? Does it always work? How do animals tell time? This book looks at time from the first calendars and clocks to the digital watches and precise time-keeping methods of today.
Subject:
| Time -- Juvenile literature |
| Time measurements -- Juvenile literature |
| Calendar -- Juvenile literature |
| Time |
| Time measurements |
| Calendar |
Summary:
What is time? When did we first use it? Does it always work? How do animals tell time? This book looks at time from the first calendars and clocks to the digital watches and precise time-keeping methods of today.