96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
Note
Includes index.
Contents
Introduction -- Everyday time -- Big time -- Small time -- The year and seasons -- Long day? -- Time in space -- High in the sky -- Time of day -- Curious calendars -- Time in culture -- Question time -- Like clockwork -- Advances in time -- Champion clocks -- Alarming stories -- Time to explore -- High time -- In the zone -- Saving the day -- Strange times -- The world over time -- Geological time -- How old? -- Lifespans -- Sign of the times -- Time of your life -- Body clocks -- Can animals tell the time? -- You're late! -- Record times -- Time savers -- Time wasters -- The time it takes -- Once in a lifetime -- Time on your mind -- The time, the place -- The fourth dimension -- Time travel -- Puzzles and paradoxes -- The future -- A timeline of time -- Glossary.
Summary
"What, exactly, is time? Why does it sometimes seem to speed up or slow down? Is time on Earth the same as time on Mars? And is it possible to travel through time? This book holds the answers to these questions, and many more!"-- Page 4 of cover.
