Of Clocks and Time

Of Clocks and Time takes readers on a five-stop journey through the physics and technology– and occasional bits of applications and history – of timekeeping. On the way, conceptual vistas and qualitative images abound, but since mathematics is spoken everywhere, the book visits equations, quantitative relations, and rigorous definitions are offered as well. The expedition begins with a discussion of the rhythms produced by the daily and annual motion of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars. Ce...