About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks

About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks
ISBN-10
0618396683
ISBN-13
9780618396689
Series
About Time
Category
Time
Pages
32
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author
Bruce Koscielniak

Description

Lively illustrations and fun, accessible text provide an account of the history of time and the evolution of keeping time, from following the sun and the moon to the huge clocks we use today.

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