Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World, Revised and Enlarged Edition (Revised and Enlarged)

Revised and Enl
ISBN: 978-0-674-00282-1
Verlag: BELKNAP PR

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 667 g

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, that involve philosophers and possibly, theologians and literary folk as well.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Landes, David S.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Landes, David S.
David S. Landes was Coolidge Professor of History and Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Harvard University, and the author of <i>The Wealth and Poverty of Nations</i>.