Time : the discovery of time / Discovery of time edited by Stuart McCready. - Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, c2001. - 256 p. : ill. (some col ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

An illustrated examination of humankind's study of the concept of time and the quest to develop an accurate method of time measurement that discusses such topics as the human "internal clock," calendar making, the invention of the clock and its impact on society, and unanswered philosophical questions about time.

Adult Follett Library Resources.

1570716757 (alk. paper)

00067037


Time measurements.
Time.
Time.
Time--Measurement.

QB209 / .D57 2001

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