Timekeeping: Explore the History and Science of Telling Time with 15 Projects (Build It Yourself)

Formichelli, Linda, Martin, W Eric

ISBN 10: 1619301369 / ISBN 13: 9781619301368

Published by Nomad Press, 2012

About this Item

"[This book] travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time."--P. [4] of cover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 b/w illus, 50 line drawings & 10 maps. BIC Classification: 5AK; YNH; YNT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 262 x 204 x 13. Weight in Grams: 504. . 2012. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781619301368

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Timekeeping: Explore the History and Science of Telling Time with 15 Projects (Build It Yourself)
• Publisher: Nomad Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1619301369
• ISBN 13: 9781619301368
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Carbaugh, Sam
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Timekeeping: Explore the History and Science of Telling Time travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time. From ancient civilization’s earliest calendars and shadow clocks to GPS and the atomic clocks of today, kids will track the evolution of timekeeping devices, meet the inventors of calendars and clocks, and learn interesting facts and trivia. Hands-on projects and activities include making a shadow clock, using a protractor to create a sundial, measuring time using water, and creating your own calendar. Kids will understand how civilization’s vague abilities to track days and months has transformed over the centuries into a sophisticated ability to keep time to the millionth of a second.

About the Author

Linda Formichelli is a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in several youth and science publications including Ack!, Delta Education, Odyssey, Yes, and Zillions. She is the author of Becoming a Personal Trainer for Dummies, Renegade Writer, and a coauthor of Tools of Timekeeping. W. Eric Martin has written articles for more than 50 publications and has provided dictionary entries for Thomson Gale's World of Computer Science. He is a coauthor of Tools of Timekeeping. They both live in Blackstone, Massachusetts.

Sam Carbaugh is the illustrator of Amazing Math Projects You Can Build Yourself, Discover the Desert, Food: 25 Amazing Projects, George Washington: 25 Great Projects You Can Build Yourself, and Robotics." He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.