The book of time : adventures in the past, present, future, and beyond /
Gifford, Clive,
The book of time : adventures in the past, present, future, and beyond / Clive Gifford ; illustrated by Teo Georgiev. - 96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
Includes index.
Introduction -- Everyday time -- Big time -- Small time -- The year and seasons -- Long day? -- Time in space -- High in the sky -- Time of day -- Curious calendars -- Time in culture -- Question time -- Like clockwork -- Advances in time -- Champion clocks -- Alarming stories -- Time to explore -- High time -- In the zone -- Saving the day -- Strange times -- The world over time -- Geological time -- How old? -- Lifespans -- Sign of the times -- Time of your life -- Body clocks -- Can animals tell the time? -- You're late! -- Record times -- Time savers -- Time wasters -- The time it takes -- Once in a lifetime -- Time on your mind -- The time, the place -- The fourth dimension -- Time travel -- Puzzles and paradoxes -- The future -- A timeline of time -- Glossary.
"What, exactly, is time? Why does it sometimes seem to speed up or slow down? Is time on Earth the same as time on Mars? And is it possible to travel through time? This book holds the answers to these questions, and many more!"--
9780711279551 0711279551 9780711279575 0711279578
GBC3A5608 bnb
021078848 Uk
Time--Juvenile literature.
Time measurements--Juvenile literature.
Chronology--Juvenile literature.
Space and time--Juvenile literature.
Clocks and watches--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
Instructional and educational works.
The book of time : adventures in the past, present, future, and beyond / Clive Gifford ; illustrated by Teo Georgiev. - 96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
Includes index.
Introduction -- Everyday time -- Big time -- Small time -- The year and seasons -- Long day? -- Time in space -- High in the sky -- Time of day -- Curious calendars -- Time in culture -- Question time -- Like clockwork -- Advances in time -- Champion clocks -- Alarming stories -- Time to explore -- High time -- In the zone -- Saving the day -- Strange times -- The world over time -- Geological time -- How old? -- Lifespans -- Sign of the times -- Time of your life -- Body clocks -- Can animals tell the time? -- You're late! -- Record times -- Time savers -- Time wasters -- The time it takes -- Once in a lifetime -- Time on your mind -- The time, the place -- The fourth dimension -- Time travel -- Puzzles and paradoxes -- The future -- A timeline of time -- Glossary.
"What, exactly, is time? Why does it sometimes seem to speed up or slow down? Is time on Earth the same as time on Mars? And is it possible to travel through time? This book holds the answers to these questions, and many more!"--
9780711279551 0711279551 9780711279575 0711279578
GBC3A5608 bnb
021078848 Uk
Time--Juvenile literature.
Time measurements--Juvenile literature.
Chronology--Juvenile literature.
Space and time--Juvenile literature.
Clocks and watches--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
Instructional and educational works.