A Brief History of Timekeeping. The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks, Paperback - Chad Orzel

From Stonehenge to atomic clocks, this is how we've used science to work out the time across the centuriesPublisher: Oneworld PublicationsAuthor(s)...

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Without quantum physics, your breakfast - and so many other things we take for granted - wouldn't be possible... international bestselling author a...

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But what about relativity? Physics professor Chad Orzel and his inquisitive canine companion, Emmy,...

Western culture has been obsessed with regulating society by the precise, accurate measurement of time since the Middle Ages. In On Time, Ken Monds...

A collection of the weirdest and wackiest theories from science and history by bestselling author of Elephants on Acid, Alex Boese.

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): David RooneyNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 199 x 24Cover type: Paperback / soft...

Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where...

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The illustrated edition of Stephen Hawking's classic work - this edition includes an appendix with updates made by Professor Hawking in 2016. In th...

Reducere. DescriptionGerrard Dickson proposes here a series of alternative theories of astronomy, the place of the Earth and Sun in the universe, and the mat...

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Reducere. Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally origi...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Tom StandageNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 21Cover type: Paperbac...

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Reducere. From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, an eye-opening road trip through 5, 500 years of humans on the go, revealing ho...

An exhilarating journey into the science of time, from Stonehenge to the Big Bang and beyond

The fascinating story behind the English Constitution, and why its influence remains significant today throughout the worldPublisher: Little, Brown...

Autor: Yuval Noah Harari

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)Author(s): Standage Tom StandageNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 182 x 233 x 25Cover type...

Reducere. In this fascinating history, Cathy Cobb and Harold Goldwhite celebrate not only chemistry's theories and breakthroughs but also the provocative tim...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Tom StandageNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 162 x 242 x 29Cover type: Hardback...

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The atomic concept is perhaps one of the most significant and enduring ideas in the history of humankind and to truly appreciate the labour that th...

A journey on foot due north from Stonehenge to Lindisfarne to discover the mysteries of our ancient past