The Changing Face of Early Modern Time, 1550 1770 - Couverture rigide

Desborough, Jane

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3030153525 ISBN 13 : 9783030153526

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019

Synopsis

Explores the changing use of clocks and watches from 1550-1770 to offer new insights into early modern perceptions of time
Focuses on the design of dials, showing how their shifting functions and appearances are central to knowledge transmission during this period
Considers the wider context of literature, emotion and temporality, connecting changing ideas about time with other aspects of early modern culture

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jane Desborough is Curator of Scientific Instruments at the Science Museum in London, where she manages the museum's Time Measurement collection. She has worked in a curatorial capacity in museums since 2008 and completed her PhD thesis in the History of Science in 2016. She is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and an Associate Member of the Museums Association.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030153525
• ISBN 13: 9783030153526
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 307
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