Keeping time, how oysters make pearls, and the myth of Arachne
Here is my list of educational videos for today. Enjoy!
A brief history of (keeping) time.
How did we come up with our system of telling time? Why do we divide the day into 24 hours of 60 minutes each, and put 60 seconds in each minute? Where does the definition of a second come from? And who decides what clock shows the correct time? There’s clearly a lot of questions when it comes to time.