In Search of Time: The Science of a Curious Dimension

Falk, Dan

ISBN 10: 031237478X / ISBN 13: 9780312374785

Published by Thomas Dunne Books, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Search of Time: The Science of a Curious Dimension
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 031237478X
• ISBN 13: 9780312374785
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Chronicles the history of time-telling prior to the advent of accurate clocks, offering insight into how humans in earlier historical periods evaluated and experienced time and subsequently developed their civilizations. By the author of Universe on a T-Shirt. 15,000 first printing.

About the Author

Dan Falk has written about science for The Boston Globe, The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, Astronomy, Nature, and New Scientist, and has been a regular contributor to the CBC Radio programs Ideas and Quirks and Quarks. His awards include a Gold Medal for Radio Programming from the New York Festivals and the Science Writing Award in Physics and Astronomy from the American Institute of Physics. His first book, Universe on a T-Shirt, won the 2002 Science in Society Journalism Award from the Canadian Science Writers’ Association. He lives in Toronto, Canada.