Time: From Micro-Seconds to Millennia - The Search for the Right Time - Softcover

Waugh, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747259887 ISBN 13: 9780747259886

Publisher: Headline, 2000

Synopsis

In the vein of popular science successes such as THE CALENDAR and FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM, TIME looks at man's obsessive and ingenious efforts to measure and label the dimension that dominates our lives. Waugh looks at every aspect of time - from the Big Bang, through clock time and calendars to the end of time. Drawing on Waugh's polymathic knowledge of art, music, literature, science and social history, this is a hugely entertaining examination of the big questions about time: how were seconds, minutes and hours agreed; how were the various calendars arrived at and why are there twelve months in a year and seven days in a week?

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Review:

Riveting, witty and accurate'

'Excellent ... Waugh also treats us to a feast of history, philosophy and literature. Give this book to yourself, and to every friend for their library.

(New Scientist)

Excellent ... Waugh also treats us to a feast of history, philosophy and literature. Give this book to yourself, and to every friend for their library (Claus von Bulow, Catholic Herald)

Very special ... Outstandingly successful ... This is a remarkable book (Patrick Moore)

An exhilarating account (Beryl Bainbridge)

Serious and seriously entertaining (Spectator)

An extraordinary book, unlike any which has been written before or since (Auberon Waugh, Daily Telegraph)

This book shows how a clever writer can take a huge subject and make it clear with interesting anecdotes and a sprinkling of good jokes (Daily Mail)

Book Description:

What exactly is a second? Why is it called a second? When was the first second used and why? In the bestselling tradition of LONGITUDE, TIME combines the best of popular science and popular history to make an informative and entertaining read

About this edition

• Publisher: Headline
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0747259887
• ISBN 13: 9780747259886
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288