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On time : a history of Western timekeeping / Ken Mondschein ; foreword by Neal Stephenson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mondschein, Ken, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clocks and watches--History.
- Clocks and watches.
- History.
- Time measurements--History.
- Time measurements.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "This work is a history of technology. It surveys the development of the mechanical clock from prehistory to the modern era in a compact, approachable text suitable for the general reader or for an undergraduate course text. The author seeks to answer the following questions: How did horologists achieve greater precision and ease of use for chronometers? How did this advancement drive the modern scientific mind-set and the timekeeping regimes that order our daily lives today?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781421438276
- 1421438275
- OCLC:
- 1120789141
- Publisher Number:
- 99985410801
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