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Time and Age explores how time is defined by man. It follows the development of our means for measuring time from early methods using the flow of water or the steady burning of candles through to the atomic clock that records time with incredible precision.
TIME AND AGE: TIME MACHINES, RELATIVITY AND FOSSILS
Time Machines, Relativity and Fossils
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250 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2015
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Summary
Time and Age explores how time is defined by man. It follows the development of our means for measuring time from early methods using the flow of water or the steady burning of candles through to the atomic clock that records time with incredible precision.The classical idea of time as something that progresses at a uniform rate and as something that is the same to all observers was overturned by Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. The conclusions coming from this theory are described, includ…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783265848 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1783265841 |
| Author: | Michael Mark Woolfson |
| Publisher: | Imperial College Press |
| Imprint: | Imperial College Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 250 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2015 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 153mm x 231mm |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
153 × 231 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
Michael Mark Woolfson
Woolfson is with the University of York.
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