Time tamed : the remarkable story of humanity's quest to measure time
Foulkes, Nick2019
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From the baboon bone dating back to the palaeolithic era that marked the lunar cycle and on to the 3500-year-old water clock at Karnak, from our earliest days mankind has sought to track the passing of time. More recently, the struggles to measure longitude and to create a workable train timetable across the vast, open expanse of the United States have inspired new developments. In this book, Nicholas Foulkes reveals how we have done this by focusing on some of the most significant developments in timekeeping across the ages. He also highlights the most stunning and lavish clocks and watches in history - from Big Ben to Rolex - for telling the time has never been purely about function, but also about design.
Main title:
Time tamed : the remarkable story of humanity's quest to measure time / Nicholas Foulkes.
Author:
Foulkes, Nick, author
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Collation:
239 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781471170645 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
681.11309681.113681.11309 FOU
Language:
English
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BRN:
1168458
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