Status
Available
Call number
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.
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.
Series
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
47 p.; 11.3 inches
ISBN
0791030261 / 9780791030264
Call number
SCI C.200 J