On time : a history of Western timekeeping /

On time : a history of Western timekeeping /

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Author / Creator:Mondschein, Ken, author.
Imprint:Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
©2020
Description:xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Clocks and watches -- History.
Time measurements -- History.
Clocks and watches.
Time measurements.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12457496
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Other authors / contributors:Stephenson, Neal, writer of foreword.
ISBN:9781421438276
1421438275
9781421438283
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This work is a history of technology. It surveys the development of the mechanical clock from prehistory to the modern era in a compact, approachable text suitable for the general reader or for an undergraduate course text. The author seeks to answer the following questions: How did horologists achieve greater precision and ease of use for chronometers? How did this advancement drive the modern scientific mind-set and the timekeeping regimes that order our daily lives today?"--

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