About Time Too -  Royal Observatory Greenwich

About Time Too

A Miscellany of Time
Buch | Hardcover
160 Seiten
2021
Royal Observatory Greenwich (Verlag)
978-1-906367-66-4 (ISBN)
16,20 inkl. MwSt
How long does it take light from the Sun to reach Earth? What do we call one millionth of a billionth of a second? What animals change colour in different seasons? And why is Greenwich the Home of Time? Find the answers to these and many more fascinating questions in this timely little book from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the 'Home of Time'.
How old is Earth? Can we look back in time? How long is a light year? How short is a femtosecond? What is Greenwich Mean Time? How did astronauts tell the time on the Moon? When did time begin?

It's high time you knew the answers to these and many more intriguing questions, so why not pass the time reading this lighthearted, illustrated miscellany, packed with hundreds of amazing facts from the time experts at the Royal Observatory. In less than no time, you'll have discovered the myriad of influences that time has on our daily lives.

Royal Observatory Greenwich is the home of space and time, the Greenwich Meridian Line, awe-inspiring astronomy, and London's only Planetarium.

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Zusatzinfo over 100 black and white line drawings
Sprache englisch
Maße 132 x 172 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Hilfswissenschaften Chronologie
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10 1-906367-66-3 / 1906367663
ISBN-13 978-1-906367-66-4 / 9781906367664
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