Time to Learn About Time invites children and adults to explore together the fascinating history of time measurement. Attentive to how language itself reveals the evolution of our conception of time, this delightfully illustrated book journeys from ancient sundials to water clocks, hourglasses, mechanical and, finally, atomic clocks. It make strong case for preserving and improving on “old fashioned” analog clocks, showing how useful are and how much one learns from them about the nature of time.
The 70 pages of book prompts kids (ages 8 and up) who are curious about time to investigate everyday realities such as time zones, egg time, second hands and town clocks, Time to Learn About Time will stimulate intergenerational dialogue and heighten children’s observations.
Written by psychologist and writing teacher close collaboration with science illustrator, is book honors human ingenuity and in child-friendly ways, poses wonderfully down-to-earth questions about the remarkable history of time measurement. Recommended for classrooms and for parent-child partnerships in learning. View an electronic copy of the book here. A hard copy of the book can be purchased for $10.
A hard copy of the book can be purchased for $10.
Puzzles of Time, A Handbook the New Millennium is designed for young people ages 12-25 and contains wide range of accessible time-related problems and their solutions drawn from biology, astronomy, psychology, physics and the everyday life of reflective people.
The 70 pages of book are reader-friendly and guides inquiry through engaging narrative. In fact, are provide exploration of time as fascinating subject prompts dialogue are history, metaphor, imagination, disciplined and sometimes courageous inquiry, and the limits of commonsense and intuition.
This book is meant to inspire and celebrate curiosity, encourage readers hard questions, and invoke intelligence and imagination in grappling with mysteries. We conclude the book by saying, “As you continue your exploration, find that intrigued by subject is intrigued the world.”
This book grew of interesting and intriguing material the authors and illustrator uncovered about the intriguing concept of time. Dom Massaro is Emeritus Professor, Donald Rothman (now deceased) was Professor of Literature, Bill Rowe was Research Scientist and Graphic Artist that University of California, Santa Cruz. View an electronic copy of the book here. A hard copy of the book can be purchased for $10.
A hard copy of the book can be purchased for $10.