Revolution in Time. Clocks and the Making of the Modern World. Revised and Enlarged Edition

Landes, David S.

ISBN 10: 0674002822 / ISBN 13: 9780674002821

Edité par Cambridge US - The Belknap of Harvard University Press [2000], 2000

A propos de cet article

OKart., xxiii, 518 Seiten, 8°, nahezu unbeschädigt, sehr guter Zustand. Book Language/s: English.

N° de réf. du vendeur A19026

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Revolution in Time. Clocks and the Making of the Modern World. Revised and Enlarged Edition
• Éditeur: Cambridge US - The Belknap of Harvard University Press [2000]
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0674002822
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780674002821
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: 2ème Édition
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Kulturgeschichte

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Synopsis

This book on the cultural, technological, and manufacturing aspects of measuring time and making clocks is expanded here with a new preface and updated passages exploring 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 TV screen.

À propos de l?auteur

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