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The book of time : adventures in the past, present, future, and beyond / Clive Gifford ; illustrated by Teo Georgiev.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Beverly, MA : words & pictures, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780711279551
  • 0711279551
  • 9780711279575
  • 0711279578
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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!"-- Page 4 of cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction New 529 G458 Available 33111011088370
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 529 G458 Available 33111011187875
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Book of Time asks all the big questions about time, like what is time? How does it work? And is it even real? to offer a fresh perspective into a popular STEAM topic that kids will love.

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!"-- Page 4 of cover.

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