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Omaha Picks: What is Time?

A list for you to learn about time and related topics like calendars, astronomy, and more.

31 items

  • About Time

    a History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks

    Rooney, David, 1974-
    BookNew York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2021. — 681.1 Rooney 2021
  • Our Place in the Universe

    Understanding Fundamental Astronomy From Ancient Discoveries

    Kwok, S. (Sun),
    BookCham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017. — 523.1 Kwok 2017
  • Hands of Time

    a Watchmaker's History

    Struthers, Rebecca,
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — 681.1 Struther 2023
  • Our Moon

    How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution and Made Us Who We Are

    Boyle, Rebecca (Rebecca B.),
    BookNew York : Random House, [2023] — 523.3 Boyle 2023
  • Accidental Astronomy

    How Random Discoveries Shape the Science of Space

    Lintott, Chris,
    BookNew York, NY : Basic Books, 2024. — 520 Lintott 2024
  • Moon

    An Illustrated History : From Ancient Myths to the Colonies of Tomorrow

    Warmflash, David,
    BookNew York : Sterling Publishing Company Inc, [2019] — 523.3 Warmflas 2019
  • The Warped Side of Our Universe

    An Odyssey Through Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves

    Thorne, Kip S.,
    BookNew York, NY : Liveright Publishing Company, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2023] — 811 Thorne 2023
  • A Brief History of Timekeeping

    the Science of Marking Time, From Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks

    Orzel, Chad,
    BookDallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2022] — 681.1 Orzel 2022
  • Time Travel

    the Science and Science Fiction

    Redfern, Nicholas, 1964-
    BookCanton, MI : Visible Ink Press, [2022] — 530.11 Redfern 2022
  • BookMinneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Kids, [2020] — j 529 Murray
  • BookNew York : Basic Books, 2020. — 530.11 Barbour 2020
  • In Search of Time

    the History, Physics and Philosophy of Time

    Falk, Dan
    BookNew York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin, 2010. — 529 Falk 2010
  • Felt Time

    the Science of How We Experience Time

    Wittmann, Marc,
    BookCambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2017] — 153.7 Wittmann 2017
  • The Quantum Labyrinth

    How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality

    Halpern, Paul, 1961-
    BookNew York : Basic Books, 2018. — 530.12 Halpern 2018
  • Why Time Flies

    a Mostly Scientific Investigation

    Burdick, Alan,
    BookNew York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2017. — 529.2 Burdick 2017