Time (Science Horizons)

by Robert Snedden

Hardcover, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

SCI C.200 J

Publication

Chelsea House Publishers

Pages

47

Description

Explore the wonders of science Starting from first principles and familiar situations, this series takes readers to the very frontiers of modern scientific thought. Each book sets out to explore a fundamental aspect of the universe, looking at what we know and feel comfortable with, before expanding outwards (and sometimes inwards) to the further reaches of scientific enquiry. Each book contains a table of contents, a glossary and an index.

Description

Traces the history of concepts of time and ways to measure its passage, and recounts the careers and discoveries of the people whose work contributed to the development of knowledge about time.

From Galileo and Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, scientists have always been fascinated by the concept of time. This volume in the Science Horizons series explores the complex nature of time and its central role in the universe.

Table of Contents:
What Time Is It?
Sky Time.
Absolute Time.
Relative Time [Relativity]
Time and Space.
We're Not Getting Any Younger.
Glossary.
Index.

Collection

Barcode

5388

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

47 p.; 11.3 inches

ISBN

0791030261 / 9780791030264

Call number

SCI C.200 J
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