The Unsettled Clock : The Persistence of Time Pluralism.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birth, Kevin K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time measurements.

Time.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

Counters the narrative of uniform progress in timekeeping by showing the persistence of multiple timescales serving different human needs. Offers a political and historical analysis of how timekeeping has been shaped, challenged, and manipulated. Provides a clear account of current debates around Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and their implications.

Contents:

The Unsettled Clock

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Producing Public Timekeeping and Time Pluralism

Chapter 2. A Bell for Every Market

Chapter 3. Cosmopolitan Times

Chapter 4. Time Pluralism and Scientists' Choices

Chapter 5. Humbuggery and Time Pluralism

Chapter 6. Time Pluralism and Current Timescales

Chapter 7. Using Atoms versus Earth's Rotation

Chapter 8. Time Pluralism and the Leap Second Problem

Chapter 9. Unsettling the Clock

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Birth, Kevin K. The Unsettled Clock

ISBN:

9781836955412

OCLC:

1593370609