Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World, First Edition
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Language: English
Published by Harvard University Press/Belknap, 1983
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- Title
- Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World, First Edition
- Author
- Landes, David S.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press/Belknap
- Publication year
- 1983
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0674768027
- ISBN 13
- 9780674768024
The mechanical clock was one of the technological advances that brought Western civilisation to a position of world leadership. The book details how and why this breakthrough occurred through an historical journey.
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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.
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