Tools Of Timekeeping: A Kid's Guide To The History & Science Of Telling Time, 15 Hands-On Activities (Tools of Discovery series) - Softcover

Formichelli, Linda; Martin, W. Eric

 
9780972202671: Tools Of Timekeeping: A Kid's Guide To The History & Science Of Telling Time, 15 Hands-On Activities (Tools of Discovery series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0972202676 ISBN 13: 9780972202671
Verlag: Nomad Press, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

Children will learn all about inventions: their inventors, the way they changed history, and their evolution over centuries, through the activities and anecdotes provided in this interactive series.

From ancient civilization's earliest calendars and shadow clocks to the atomic clocks of today, the history of time measurement emerges in this interactive guide. The study of the evolution of timekeeping devices and the inventors of calendars and clocks is included and loaded with interesting facts and trivia. Fifteen hands-on activities help demonstrate humans' changing relationship with time over the centuries.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Linda Formichelli is a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in several youth and science publications including Ack!, Delta Education, Odyssey, Yes, and Zillions. She is the author of Renegade Writer and Becoming a Personal Trainer for Dummies. She lives in Blackstone, Massachusetts. W. Eric Martin has written articles for more than 50 publications and has provided dictionary entries for Thomson Gale's World of Computer Science. He lives in Blackstone, Massachusetts.

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Verlag
Nomad Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0972202676
ISBN 13 
9780972202671
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
137
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