Revolution in time : clocks and the making of the modern world

Autor*innen

• David Landes

Parameter

• 502 Seiten
• 18 Lesestunden

• Geschichte
• Handbücher und Anleitungen
• Philosophie
• Sachliteratur
• Wissenschaft

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Explores the historical meaning of time and its many perceptions and uses. This revised edition contains a new preface and discusses new findings on medieval and early-modern time keeping. Also new to this edition is discussion of contemporary high-tech uses of the watch as a mini-computer.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Einband: Hardcover