Time (chronology), time systems & standards
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Time (chronology), time systems & standards
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370. A Journey Through Portals, Relativity, Worm Holes, and Other Adventures in Time Travel. 224 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 14. Weight: 372.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781601631503
- ISBN
- 9781601631503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.89
€ 17.99
€ 17.89
Hardback. The study concludes with an analysis of simultaneity's importance in general relativity and quantum mechanics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16, 16 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HP; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884221
- ISBN
- 9780801884221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.67€ 54.71
€ 59.67
€ 54.71
Hardcover. Establishes that the traditions of Roman art and literature were still very much alive in the mid-fourth century. This title reveals the importance of pagan festivals and cults in the Christian era and highlights the rise of a respectable aristocratic Christianity that combined pagan and Christian practices. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 335 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 33. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520065666
- ISBN
- 9780520065666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.71€ 63.94
€ 82.71
€ 63.94
Paperback. Reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This book is suitable for intellectually curious readers of various kinds, including professional physicists. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 halftones. 43 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141275
- ISBN
- 9780691141275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
Paperback. When Albert Einstein formulated his theory of relativity it brought about a revolution in our understanding of time, yet also presented a new set of mysteries. In this book, the author tackles the tough questions about time, including the strange relationship between physical time and our psychological perception of it. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w diagrams, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PBW; PGZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140174618
- ISBN
- 9780140174618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.73
€ 12.99
€ 11.73
Brings Christian theology, creative literature and literary critical theory into dialogue on the theme of 'the end'. This book also considers scientific views on the nature of time. It provides an exegesis of novels, plays and poems by such writers as John Fowles, Julian Barnes, Doris Lessing, Samuel Beckett, T S Eliot, and Virginia Woolf. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HRCM; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220848
- ISBN
- 9780631220848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.90
€ 187.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB; HREZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 103 x 10. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Publisher
- Red Wheel / Weiser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Min
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578631247
- ISBN
- 9781578631247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.80
€ 16.99
€ 14.80
Paperback. A witty and entertaining journey through time from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782113218
- ISBN
- 9781782113218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.52
€ 12.99
€ 11.52
hardcover. An entertaining and authoritative exploration of how and why time has come to rule our lives from the bestselling author of Just My Type Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DN; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 315 x 36. Weight in Grams: 494. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0008941
- ISBN
- 9781782113195
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 105 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606921142
- ISBN
- 9781606921142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.61€ 44.85
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€ 44.85
Hardcover. As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle s chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced." Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; JFFS; PDX; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674286146
- ISBN
- 9780674286146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.67
€ 53.99
€ 44.67