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About Time
  • ISBN: 9780241370513
  • Pages: 335
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • Binding: Paperback

About Time

A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks

David Rooney
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The measurement of time has always been essential to human civilization, from early Roman sundials to the advent of GPS.

In this spectacularly far-reaching book David Rooney narrates a history of timekeeping and civilization in twelve concise chapters. We discover how clocks have helped people navigate the globe and build empires, but also, on occasion, taken us to the brink of destruction.



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