Revolution in time
Subtitle: clocks and the making of the modern world
By: David S. Landes
Edition: Rev. and enl. ed
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
Subjects: Clocks and watches -- History; Horology -- History
Description: "More than a decade after the publication of his dazzling book on the cultural, technological, and manufacturing aspects of measuring time and making clocks, David Landes has significantly expanded Revolution in Time. In a new preface and scores of updated passages, he explores new findings about medieval and early-modern time keeping, as well as contemporary hi-tech uses of the watch as mini-computer, cellular phone, and even radio receiver or television screen.

While commenting on the latest research, Landes never loses his focus on the historical meaning of time and its many perceptions and uses, questions that go beyond history and involve philosophers and, possibly, theologians and literary folk as well."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index