Time: From Micro-seconds to Millennia - The Search for the Right Time

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Questions how seconds, minutes and hours were agreed, why there is no decimal time, why there are seven days in a week, twelve months in a year and not thirteen are all raised and answered as Waugh looks at every aspect of time - from the beginning and the Big Bang to clock time, calendar and the end itself, the Big Crunch.

Reviews

Riveting, witty and accurate' 'Excellent ... Waugh also treats us to a feast of history, philosophy and literature. Give this book to yourself, and to every friend for their library. - New Scientist

Excellent ... Waugh also treats us to a feast of history, philosophy and literature. Give this book to yourself, and to every friend for their library - Claus von Bulow, Catholic Herald

Very special ... Outstandingly successful ... This is a remarkable book - Patrick Moore

An exhilarating account - Beryl Bainbridge

Serious and seriously entertaining - Spectator

An extraordinary book, unlike any which has been written before or since - Auberon Waugh, Daily Telegraph

Author Bio

Alexander Waugh is the grandson of Evelyn Waugh and son of columnist Auberon Waugh and novelist Teresa Waugh. The former chief Opera Critic at both the Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard, he is also a publisher (Travelman Publishing), cartoonist and award-winning composer.