About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks. David Rooney
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ISBN: 9781324021957 | 288 pages | 8 Mb
- About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
- David Rooney
- Page: 288
- Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
- ISBN: 9781324021957
- Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
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A captivating, surprising history of timekeeping and how it has shaped our world. For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of ancient Rome to the medieval water clocks of imperial China, hourglasses fomenting revolution in the Middle Ages, the Stock Exchange clock of Amsterdam in 1611, Enlightenment observatories in India, and the high-precision clocks circling the Earth on a fleet of GPS satellites that have been launched since 1978. Clocks have helped us navigate the world and build empires, and have even taken us to the brink of destruction. Elites have used them to wield power, make money, govern citizens, and control lives—and sometimes the people have used them to fight back. Through the stories of twelve clocks, About Time brings pivotal moments from the past vividly to life. Historian and lifelong clock enthusiast David Rooney takes us from the unveiling of al-Jazari’s castle clock in 1206, in present-day Turkey; to the Cape of Good Hope observatory at the southern tip of Africa, where nineteenth-century British government astronomers moved the gears of empire with a time ball and a gun; to the burial of a plutonium clock now sealed beneath a public park in Osaka, where it will keep time for 5,000 years. Rooney shows, through these artifacts, how time has been imagined, politicized, and weaponized over the centuries—and how it might bring peace. Ultimately, he writes, the technical history of horology is only the start of the story. A history of clocks is a history of civilization.
About Time: A History of Civilization in - The Literate Lizard
It is a moving and beautifully written book that even takes us 5,000 years into the future with plutonium clocks ticking away beneath our feet.
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About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks Paperback – Aug. 9 2022. by. David Rooney (Author).
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There is a lot of great history in there, as he examines 12 different clocks and how those clocks represent different ways in which the
About Time: A History Of Civilization In Twelve Clocks
For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks. They have helped us navigate the world, build empires, and taken us to the brink of
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The vivid writing, engaging stories, and autobiographical details combine to offer a rich and generous picture of the history of clocks, from China and Japan to
A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks › Customer reviews
This unusual book is part a collection of the thoughts and journeys of a clock-lover and historian, and part retelling of certain events in history,
About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
In this spectacularly far-reaching book, David Rooney narrates a history of timekeeping and civilization in twelve concise chapters. Over their
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About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks (Hardcover) ; Praise For… Abundantly clever. Lovely and engaging with myriad fascinations on every
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Through the stories of twelve clocks, About Time brings pivotal moments from the past vividly to life. Historian and lifelong clock enthusiast
ABOUT TIME - Kirkus Reviews
A HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION IN TWELVE CLOCKS A cavalcade of clocks. Automaton water clocks spread across the medieval Islamic world to remind its citizens of
About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
In this spectacularly far-reaching book, David Rooney narrates a history of timekeeping and civilization in twelve concise chapters. Over their course, we meet
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