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About Time - A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks (Hardcover)
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About Time - A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R462
Discovery Miles 4 620
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A SMITHSONIAN BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2021 '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 Since
the dawn of civilisation, we have kept time. But time has always
been against us. From the city sundials of ancient Rome to the era
of the smartwatch, clocks have been used throughout history to
wield power, make money, govern citizens and keep control.
Sometimes, also with clocks, we have fought back. In About Time,
time expert David Rooney tells the story of timekeeping, and how it
continues to shape our modern world. In twelve chapters, demarcated
like the hours of time, we meet the greatest inventions in
horological history, from medieval water clocks to monumental
sundials, and from coastal time signals to satellites in earth's
orbit. We discover how clocks have helped us navigate the world,
build empires and even taken us to the brink of destruction. Over
the course of this global journey Rooney demonstrates how each of
these clocks has shone a spotlight onto human civilisation, and
shows us the very real effects clocks continue to have on
everything from capitalism, to politics, to our very identity. This
is the story of time. And the story of time is the story of us.
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