Tools of Timekeeping

Tools of Timekeeping A Kid's Guide to the History & Science of Telling Time

Paperback (01 Jul 2005)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Children will learn all about inventions: their inventors, the way they changed history, and their evolution over centuries, through the activities and anecdotes provided in this interactive series. From ancient civilization's earliest calendars and shadow clocks to the atomic clocks of today, the history of time measurement emerges in this interactive guide. The study of the evolution of timekeeping devices and the inventors of calendars and clocks is included and loaded with interesting facts and trivia. Fifteen hands-on activities help demonstrate humans' changing relationship with time over the centuries.

Book information

ISBN: 9780972202671
Publisher: Nomad Press
Imprint: Nomad Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 529
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 144
Weight: 367g
Height: 205mm
Width: 255mm
Spine width: 9mm