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Time's Pendulum: From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and How Our Discoveries Changed the World
Time's Pendulum From Sundials to Atomic Clocks the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and How Our Discoveries Changed the World
Author: Jo Ellen Barnett
A triumph of interdisciplinary scholarship" (Publishers Weekly)-Time's Pendulum is a lively, fascinating history of 4,000 years of timekeeping. A perfect balance of science, history, and sociology, Time's Pendulum traces the important developments in humankind's epic quest to measure the hours, days, and years with accuracy, and how our concept ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780156006491
ISBN-10: 0156006499
Publication Date: 3/25/1999
Pages: 334
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Publisher: Harvest/HBJ Book
Book Type: Paperback
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