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

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

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Charles HardingIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 414Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 158 x 233 x ...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Charles HardingIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 414Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 238 x ...

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

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

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"The Origins of the Consumer Revolution in England explores the rise of consumerism from the end of the medieval period through to the beginning of...

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From the acclaimed broadcaster, a story of moving on, a tale of downsizing and the essentials of a good old age.Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: J. Samuel WalkerIn this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes t...

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Atomic Bomb Island tells the story of an elite, top-secret team of sailors, airmen, scientists, technicians, and engineers who came to Tinian in th...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jon HunnerA social history of New Mexico's "Atomic City" Los Alamos, New Mexico, birthplace of the Atomic Age, is the commu...

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...

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

From tower clocks to time balls, this richly illustrated work chronicles the history of public clocks in New York City. It discusses the premiere c...

A guidebook to the old customs of measuring time in the heartland of Transylvania, Romania. From very long ago until a not-so-distant past, humans ...

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

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