About Time. A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks, Paperback - David Rooney

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

Reducere. For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of ancient Rome to the medieval water clocks of im...

For thousands of years, humans have built walls and assaulted them, admired walls and reviled them. In Walls, David Frye uncovers a story that is m...

Reducere. Description"A lively popular history of an oft-overlooked element in the development of human society" (Library Journal)--walls--and a haunting and...

A vibrant new history of twentieth-century Europe - covering everything from war and politics to social, cultural, and economic developments in a p...

Reducere. DescriptionMore than a decade after the publication of his dazzling book on the cultural, technological, and manufacturing aspects of measuring tim...

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

Reducere. Extrem de inteligenta, cu nenumarate motive de fascinatie pe fiecare pagina. - The New York Times Masurarea timpului a fost dintotdeauna esentiala ...

Reducere. DescriptionBefore Atlantis, there was Lemuria. No one is certain as to when this civilization existed, but an educated guess is around 300, 000 BC....

Eighteenth-century France is understood to have been the dominant cultural power on that era's international scene. Considering the emblematic case...

The story of the assassination squad that changed the course of Irish history.

An examination of world history, told through 50 key documents.

Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'. Sweeping in its scope and c...

Reducere. THE AFRICAN ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION, MYSTICAL RELIGION AND YOGA PHILOSOPHY HARD COVER EDITION ISBN: 1-884564-50-X 81/2" X 11" Part 1, Part 2, Part ...

Reducere. DescriptionFollow along as friends Jacob and Lily unravel time, starting from its smallest increment--the second--and finishing with the century. T...

Hinduism is often called the world's oldest living major religion, and this beautifully illustrated history is an excellent introduction to the sub...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The American cowboy has long been a popular figure in fiction, motion pictures, and studies of the West, but over the years inaccuracies have crept...

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

Reducere. Time Clocks of God takes the reader from the beginning of time to the end of time and demonstrates that God has always had a plan not only for king...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of the Zapotec CivilizationThe Zapotecs lived and thrived, and became a civilization of interest to the Conquistado...

The story of London, told through twelve of its most seminal buildings. 'Excellent ...this is an imaginative book that finds a convincing new way t...

Contributor(s): Author: Charles HolcombeCharles Holcombe begins by asking the question 'what is East Asia?' In the modern age, many of the features...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Francesca BrayIllustration(s): 48 figuresNumber of pages: 356Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 21Cov...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jo Ellen BarnettA perfect balance of science, history, and sociology, Time's Pendulum traces the important developments in ...

Offers a concise introduction to political, cultural, and intellectual history. This eleventh edition retains many popular features, including comp...

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

Since 1853, Solomon Northup has been credited as being the author of the autobiographical slave narrative, Twelve Years A Slave. His name became a ...

DescriptionEvery work on Jewish thought and law since the twelfth century bears the imprint of Maimonides. A. N. Whitehead's famous dictum that the...

'A brilliant cultural history ... Scull's book fills a gap in the literature and deserves to be widely read ... outstanding' The Times

Reducere. Masurarea timpului a fost dintotdeauna esentiala pentru civilizatia umana, de la primele ceasuri solare romane pana la marea inventie a GPS-ului. D...