The Book of Time: Adventures in the Past, Present, Future, and Beyond
Aug 2023 · Words & Pictures
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About this ebook
Did you know that a zeptosecond is a trillionth of a billionth of a second? Or that the US once had 144 different time zones? Or that across your lifetime, you’ll spend about 33 years in bed?
Discover more questions, answers, and theories in this bumper book all about the past, present, future, and beyond! The Book of Time is brimming with fascinating information about the concept of time.
What is time? How does it work? And is it even real? The book uses time as a lens to explore a wide variety of STEAM subjects that kids know and love—such as space, dinosaurs, animals, the human body, and machinery—with a completely fresh perspective.
Through a simple yet fascinating approach, you’ll learn about:
Absorbing, entertaining, and surprising, The Book of Time will teach kids to look at the world in a whole new way.
Discover more questions, answers, and theories in this bumper book all about the past, present, future, and beyond! The Book of Time is brimming with fascinating information about the concept of time.
What is time? How does it work? And is it even real? The book uses time as a lens to explore a wide variety of STEAM subjects that kids know and love—such as space, dinosaurs, animals, the human body, and machinery—with a completely fresh perspective.
Through a simple yet fascinating approach, you’ll learn about:
- The measurements of time
- Big and small time
- Time-travel
- Paradoxes
- And lots more mind-boggling things
Absorbing, entertaining, and surprising, The Book of Time will teach kids to look at the world in a whole new way.
About the author
Clive Gifford is a highly experienced journalist and author with over 170 books published and more than 800 features and stories written for adults and children. Clive is an unique author who likes to work in both fiction and non-fiction. Perhaps this reflects his unusual life which, so far, has seen him travel to over 70 countries, be held hostage in Colombia, go parachuting, coach several sports and run a computer games company. His title,The Official Rugby World Cup 2015 Fact File, made The New Zealand Best Seller List.
Teo Georgiev is an independent Helsinki-based illustrator working in publishing, children's literature, and branding.
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