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- Title About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
- Author David Rooney
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- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group
- ISBN 9780241370513 / 0241370515
- Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.08 x 0.7 in (19.81 x 12.90 x 1.78 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 681.113
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US: Penguin, 2021. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. 'An utterly dazzling book, the best piece of history I have read for a long time' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps 'Not merely an horologist's delight, but an ingenious meditation on the nat ure and symbolism of time-keeping itself' Richard Holmes The measurement of time has always been essential to human civilization, fr om early Roman sundials to the advent of GPS. But while we have one eye on the time every day, are we aware of the power clocks have given governments , military leaders and business owners, and how they have shaped our lives and our world? In this spectacularly far-reaching book, David Rooney narrates a history of timekeeping and civilization in twelve concise chapters. Over their course , we meet the most epochal inventions in horological history, from medieval water…
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