Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World - Hardcover

Landes, David S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674768000 ISBN 13: 9780674768000

Publisher: Belknap Press, 1983

Synopsis

Discusses reasons why the clock was invented in Europe, traces the development of timekeeping technology, and describes how clocks and watches are made

About this title

About the Author:

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

Review:

A wonderful book...It's richly detailed and illustrated, extremely informative, and thoroughly enjoyable. Stunning..."Revolution in Time" fairly radiates the author's own delight. Like the classic clocks it so lovingly describes, it is an exhilarating monument to human ingenuity. -- Jim Miller "Newsweek" The text scintillates with wise and witty aphorisms...Landes notes that clocks are the product of 'ingenuity, craftsmanship, artistry and elegance': so is this book. -- David Cannadine "London Review of Books" �Landes� has an eye for the odd, amusing detail and manages to convey a great enthusiasm for his subject...His book contains a wealth of piquant information that left me musing when I closed it. -- Tracy Kidder "New York Times Book Review" The book is a pleasure to read, for the quality of the author's thinking, for the slightly acid perceptiveness of his observations, and for the often enchanting aptness of his quotations and examples. -- E. J. Hobsbawm "New York Review of Books" David Landes is a splendid storyteller...The book abounds with anecdotes about people, not only those who made the clocks and watches but also those who bought and used them...Without doubt, this book will become a standard work in the history of timekeeping--and it's also fun to read. -- Derek Howse "Washington Post"

About this edition

• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0674768000
• ISBN 13: 9780674768000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 482