Revolution in time: Clocks and the making of the modern world Opera creating autonomy through boundaries

creating autonomy through boundaries

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and the meticulous research that thrilled readers of the bestsellers The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow

ISBN13: 9780007853083 ISBN10: 0007853084 Material Type: paperback

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Revolution in time: Clocks and the making of the modern world Opera creating autonomy through boundariesImagine a world without clocks. The only descriptive word is primitive. In an age of to the second timing, it's easy to forget that until the 14th century sundials and waterclocks were the only semi scientific way of keeping time. No general could say, "Synchronize your sundials." No herald could proclaim the hour beyond the range of his own voice and the accuracy of his own guess. This massivetribute to time, the ultimate chronicle of chronology, is