The Book of Time

by John Grant

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Summary

Includes essays by various scientists on the history of time, body time, mutable time, sundial to atomic clocks, moving earth in space & time in disarray. A fascinating look at our place in time & the universe. The entries are by Roy Porter, Richard Knox, Chris Morgan, E.W.J. Phipps, Iain Nicholson, Brian John & Colin Wilson. Includes illustrations, charts, maps, portraits & an index.
"The book takes as its subject time & Man's relationship with it. The scope includes many aspects of philosophy, history, anthropology, horology & physical science, & it is this multidisciplinary nature which is the source of The Book of Time's unique fascination."--dust jacket.
John Grant has written over 70 books, including Discarded Science, Corrupted Science & Bogus Science. In addition to popular science writing, he's a prolific sf & fantasy writer. He's won two Hugo Awards, the World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award etc. He coedited The Encyclopedia of Fantasy & wrote The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters. Under his real name, Paul Barnett, he's written several books & run the fantasy-art-book imprint Paper Tiger, for this latter work winning a Chesley Award & nomination for the World Fantasy Award.

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