Big Book of Time: A Magical Adventure Through the Seconds, Seasons, and Light Years of the Universe

Edmonds, William

ISBN 10: 0895775794 / ISBN 13: 9780895775795

Published by Reader's Digest Association,U.S., 1994

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45 Seiten Unbenutztes und neuwertiges Buch als Maengelexemplar gekennzeichnet Versand spätestens am folgenden Arbeitstag Rechnung mit ausgewiesener MwSt. liegt bei shipping worldwide with invoice Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 969.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Big Book of Time: A Magical Adventure Through the Seconds, Seasons, and Light Years of the Universe
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association,U.S.
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0895775794
• ISBN 13: 9780895775795
• Binding: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Illustrator: Marsden, Helen
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 969 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Alle Bücher

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Synopsis

An enlightening adventure through seconds, seasons, and light-years of the universe journeys aboard the magic sundial Tempus Fugit where children travel back a decade or a millennium--or peek into the future--unraveling the riddle of time and its mysteries.

Reviews

In this lively, oversize volume, Edmonds tackles the intangible concept of time--in his words, "one of the trickiest, most slippery of all ideas." Illustrated with Marsden's busy, lighthearted pictures and peppered with anecdotes, historical facts and trivia, the narrative approaches the subject in increments. The reader moves through moments, seconds, hours, weeks, months, decades, centuries, millennia, ages, light years and, finally, "forever." Along the way, Edmonds covers such topics as how individuals throughout history have told time, the world's time zones, the stages of the lunar month, how various seasonal holidays are celebrated, how distances in space are measured and the Big Bang theory. Avoiding complex scientific explanations, the author keeps his language direct and informal ("four weeks, plus a day or so, make up a month"). Kids won't use this book to prepare a school report, but they will find the various tidbits of learning here well worth their time. Ages 7-12.
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