Discovery of Time

Stuart Mccready, editor

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ISBN 10: 1570716757 ISBN 13: 9781570716751

Published by Sourcebooks Inc, 2001

Language: English

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Title

Discovery of Time

Publisher

Sourcebooks Inc

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

1570716757

ISBN 13

9781570716751

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

Near Fine

Book Type

Book

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An accessible text telling the story of how man understands his position in the universe and how this led to astonishing speculation about the nature of time. Scientists, historians and philosophers explain the many different approaches humans have taken to approaching time throughout the world. Softcover. DLC: Time.

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Even if "after many thousands of years we are no closer than we ever were to being able to say what time is," editor Stuart McCready and his eclectic, learned team of contributors are willing to tackle at least the human perception of it. In The Discovery of Time, scientists and philosophers weigh in on the mysteries of circadian rhythms, the particulars of different calendar systems, the mechanics of timepieces and the infinity puzzles that have confounded people for eons. Complementing the text are quotes from poets and psalms, a glossary of terms and gorgeous color plates depicting everything from etchings on an Egyptian sarcophagus to the Hubble space telescope.

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