"Simple text and color photographs describe the units and tools used to measure time--

Highlights what makes December special, including when it is, and what holidays it has.

Highlights what makes February special, including when it is, and what holidays it has.

Highlights what makes January special, including when it is, and what holidays it has.

Highlights what makes July special, including when it is, and what holidays it has.

Highlights what makes August special, including when it is, and what holidays it has.

"[This book] travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time."--P. [4] of cover.

In 1901, a group of divers excavating an ancient shipwreck near the island of Antikythera, off the southern coast of Greece, found a mysterious object. The 2,000-year-old object, no bigger than a modern laptop, is now regarded as the world's oldest computer, devised to show the positions of the Sun, Moon and planets, as well as to predict eclipses and calculate the timing of the ancient Olympics. This fascinating film follows the efforts of an international...

Presents views of NASA scientists that debunk media reports of an ancient Mayan prophecy which predicted that the end of the world would occur on Dec. 21, 2012 and that the Mayan calendar likewise ended at that time.