God's clockmaker : Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time / John North.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

North, John David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time.

Richard, of Wallingford, 1292-1336.

Richard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (462 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Hambledon Continuum, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Clocks became common in late medieval Europe and the measurement of time began to rule everyday life. God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time is a biography of England's greatest medieval scientist, a man who solved major practical and theoretical problems to build an extraordinary and pioneering astronomical and astrological clock. Richard of Wallingford (1292-1336), the son of a blacksmith, was a brilliant mathematician with a genius for the practical solution of technical problems. Trained at Oxford, he became a monk and then abbot of the great abbey of St Albans

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; PART ONE: Foundations; PART TWO: An Abbot's Rule; PART THREE: Time and the Man; PART FOUR: The Springs of Western Science; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-02481-7

9786612024818

0-8264-4474-1

OCLC:

319715230