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This book explores what time means and how it has been measured, from the waggles of a honeybee to the workings of an atomic clock.

This book introduces measuring time in weeks and months and describes calendars, weekdays, weekends, a lunar month, the number of days in each month, and special days in each month.

This title will examine the month of January and cover information like what month number it is, what kind of weather to expect in certain areas, fun activities, historical birthdays, and federal, religious, and multi-cultural holidays. Bright and colorful photographs accompany simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jr. is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

Jed DeLanda, a descendant of the Maya living in the year 2012, is a math prodigy who spends his time playing abstract strategy games on his computer and raking in profits from online trading. His secret weapon is something called the "Sacrifice Game"--a divination ritual that the ancient Maya used to predict the birth and death of civilizations. But Jed's life is thrown into chaos when his former mentor, the game-theory scientist Taro Mora, and...

A series of essays in which the author shares his interest and insights into the coming millenium, focusing on questions of calendrics, astronomy, and history.

Rhyming text and illustrations provide information on the month of January, covering its holidays, such as New Year's Day, and activities that can be enjoyed.

"From the earliest recorded date (4236 B.C.), people have tried to organize their lives according to the movements of the sun, moon and stars - and have, for the most part, consistently gotten it wrong. In this volume, David Ewing Duncan takes us on an extraordinary journey through man's reckoning of time, ranging from one of the earliest calendars (a series of markings gouged into an eagle bone 13,000 years ago) to the atomic clocks of today, which...

Examines interpretations of the ancient Mayan Long Count Calendar which ends on Dec. 21, 2012, implying a worldwide catastrophe or possible apocalypse.

Describes what happens during the month of May.