The Wonders of Time

(Hardback)

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It's time for a mind-blowing look at the history and mystery of time with the masters of timekeeping, published in association with Royal Observatory Greenwich

The Wonders of Time is written by the Curator of Time at the home of timekeeping. The book uncovers a huge range of mysteries around time: its beginnings, the methods of measuring it, how we experience it, different philosophies of time and the potential of time travel. Readers explore the timeline of timekeeping, looking at the evolution of our understanding - travelling across the globe and even to the far reaches of space.

Contents of The Wonders of Time:

4 WHAT IS TIME

TIME AND THE UNIVERSE

6 THE BEGINNING OF TIME

8 THE SOLAR SYSTEM

10 TIME IN SPACE

12 MOON AND THE STARS

NATURAL TIME

14 THE SHAPE OF TIME

16 DIVIDING THE YEAR

18 BUILDING BLOCKS OF TIME

20 BODY CLOCKS

MEASURING TIME

22 EARLY TIMEKEEPING

24 MECHANICAL TIME

26 DIVIDING THE DAY

28 TIME REDEFINED

COORDINATING TIME

30 WHAT'S THE TIME

32 A SPEEDY WORLD

34 AGREEING TIME

36 TIME ZONES

WONDERS OF TIME

38 LIFETIMES

40 THE GOOD TIMES

42 THE WONDERS OF TIME

44 AROUND THE WORLD IN SEVEN CLOCKS

46 GLOSSARY

47 FIND OUT MORE

48 INDEX

This is the third book in a series published by Wayland in association with Royal Observatory Greenwich exploring the wonders of science, illustrated by the super-creative Jan Bielecki. Other books in the series include: Wonders of the Night Sky and The Future of the Universe by Professor Raman Prinja.

Author Bio

Emily Akkermans (Author)

Emily Akkermans is Curator of Time at Royal Museums Greenwich. She manages the horology collection, which has a unique relationship to the history of the Royal Observatory and close links to astronomy, navigation, science and society. After studying horology at The Vakschool in Schoonhoven, she specialised in the restoration of antique clocks during an apprenticeship in Breda, the Netherlands. She then completed undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Conservation and Restoration at the University of Antwerp, focusing on conservation techniques specific to metal objects.

After graduating, Emily moved to London to take up an internship in metals conservation at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. She participated in an AHRC-funded doctoral partnership between the National Maritime Museum and the University of Edinburgh, on a project that combined maritime history, horology, scientific instruments, and history of science and technology. Her final PhD thesis looked at the ways in which chronometers were used on board early nineteenth-century voyages of exploration and how they relate to other navigational practices.

Jan Bielecki (Illustrator)

Jan Bielecki is a Polish-Swedish illustrator and designer living in London. He mainly works with children's books and has illustrated fiction, picture books and non-fiction. Some of the topics he has covered include the human anatomy, wrestling trolls, the scope of the universe and slimy monsters.