Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History 0063048701, 9780063048706

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A Natural History of Time 9780226712895
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The quest to pinpoint the age of the Earth is nearly as old as humanity itself. For most of history, people trusted myth

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A Briefer History of Time 0307417840, 9780307417848
A Briefer History of Time 0307417840, 9780307417848

Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing.

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Keeping Watch: A History of American Time 067082934X, 9780670829347
Keeping Watch: A History of American Time 067082934X, 9780670829347

Provides a historical look at the role time has played in civilization, from the local measure ruled by nature's se

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Time and Philosophy: A History of Continental Thought 9780773594739
Time and Philosophy: A History of Continental Thought 9780773594739

In Time and Philosophy, John McCumber presents a detailed survey of continental thought through a historical account of

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History of Time: A Very Short Introduction 0192804995, 9780192804990
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Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come

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Deep Time: A Literary History 9780691235806
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How the concept of “deep time” began as a metaphor used by philosophers, poets, and naturalists in the eighteenth and ni

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On Time: A History of Western Timekeeping 9781421438283, 2019040487, 9781421438276
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Western culture has been obsessed with regulating society by the precise, accurate measurement of time since the Middle

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Brains Through Time: A Natural History of Vertebrates 0195125681, 9780195125689
Brains Through Time: A Natural History of Vertebrates 0195125681, 9780195125689

When did the first vertebrates emerge, and how did they differ from their invertebrate ancestors? When did vertebrates e

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Statistical Visions in Time: A History of Time Series Analysis, 1662–1938 0521420466, 9780521420464
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This work documents the history of techniques that statisticians have used to manipulate economic, meteorological, biolo

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Show of Hands : A Natural History of Sign Language [1 ed.] 9781563684876, 9781563684883
Show of Hands : A Natural History of Sign Language [1 ed.] 9781563684876, 9781563684883

Most scholarly speculation on the origin of human language has centered around speech. However, the growing understandin

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