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Time's Pendulum: From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and How Our Discoveries Changed the World Paperback - 1999
by Barnett, Jo Ellen
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Written in an easy-to-follow chronological format, this book traces the important developments in humankind's epic quest to measure the hours, days, and years with accuracy. Author speaking tour.
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- Title Time's Pendulum: From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and How Our Discoveries Changed the World
- Author Barnett, Jo Ellen
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, San Diego, CA
- Date 1999-03-25
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 31URM800FB4Z_ns
- ISBN 9780156006491 / 0156006499
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.82 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 2.08 cm)
- Reading level 1410
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Time, Time measurements - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98049612
- Dewey Decimal Code 529.7
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Summary
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 of time has changed with each new technological breakthrough. Written in an easy-to-follow chronological format and illustrated with entertaining anecdotes, author Jo Ellen Barnett's history of timekeeping covers everything from the earliest sundials and water clocks, to the pendulum and the more recent advances of battery-powered, quartz-regulated wrist watches and the powerful radioactive "clock," which loses only a few billionths of a second per day, making it nearly ten billion times more accurate than the pendulum clock. A tour of the discoveries and the inventors who endeavored to chart and understand time, Time's Pendulum also explains how each new advance gradually transformed our perception of the world.