Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World, Revised and Enlarged Edition

This book on the cultural, technological, and manufacturing aspects of measuring time and making clocks is expanded here with a new preface and updated passages exploring findings about medieval and early-modern time keeping, as well as contemporary hi-tech uses of the watch as mini-computer, cellular phone, and even radio receiver or TV screen.

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