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About Time - A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks (Paperback)
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About Time - A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks (Paperback)
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List price R315
Loot Price R285
Discovery Miles 2 850
You Save R30 (10%)
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'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 nature and symbolism of time-keeping itself'
Richard Holmes The measurement of time has always been essential to
human civilization, from 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 clocks to Renaissance
hourglasses, and from stock-exchange timestamps to satellites in
Earth's orbit. We discover how clocks have helped people navigate
the globe and build empires, but also, on occasion, taken us to the
brink of destruction. This is the story of time, and the story of
time is the story of us.
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