Time and age : time machines, relativity and fossils / Michael Mark Woolfson, University of York, UK.

London : Imperial College Press, [2015]

xiii, 235 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Includes index.

The measurement of time -- Astronomical time -- Early recording of time -- Mechanical clocks -- Modern timekeeping -- Time and space -- The age of the universe -- The ages of globular clusters and young stars -- The age of the solar system -- The age of the continents -- The ages of fossils -- The history of life on earth -- The ages of archaeological remains.

Includes bibliographical references and index.