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Author: Betsy Maestro Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0060589450 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 52
Book Description
Travel through time with the maestros as they explore the amazing history of timekeeping! Did you know that there is more than one calendar? While the most commonly used calendar was on the year 2000, the Jewish calendar said it was the year 5760, while the Muslim calendar said 1420 and the Chinese calendar said 4698. Why do these differences exist? How did ancient civilizations keep track of time? When and how were clocks first invented? Find answers to all these questions and more in this incredible trip through history.
Author: Betsy Maestro Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0060589450 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 52
Book Description
Travel through time with the maestros as they explore the amazing history of timekeeping! Did you know that there is more than one calendar? While the most commonly used calendar was on the year 2000, the Jewish calendar said it was the year 5760, while the Muslim calendar said 1420 and the Chinese calendar said 4698. Why do these differences exist? How did ancient civilizations keep track of time? When and how were clocks first invented? Find answers to all these questions and more in this incredible trip through history.
Author: Martin Jenkins Publisher: ISBN: 9781406323733 Category : Clocks and watches Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
What is time? When did we first use it? Does it always work? How do animals tell time? A fun and fascinating look at time from the first calendars and clocks to the digital watches and precise time-keeping methods of today.
Author: Lance Latham Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 9780879304966 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 560
Book Description
Does the year 2000 have you sweating late-night code? Use our complete library of C programming functions to master Y2K, time on the Net, ISO 8601, time stamp compression, or any other time/date application you encounter. Using the astronomers Julian Day'
Author: Betsy Maestro
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