About time : a history of civilization in twelve clocks / David Rooney.
Pubblicazione:
New York : W.W. Norton, c2021.
Descrizione fisica:
IX, 271 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Introduction: Korean air lines flight 007 (1983). 1. Order: sundial at the forum, Rome (263 BCE) 2. Faith: Castle clock, Diyar Bakr (1206) 3. Virtue: the hourglass of temperance, siena (1338) 4. Markets: stock exchange clock, Amsterdam (1611) 5. Knowledge: Samrat Yantre (1732-25) 6. Empires: Observatory time ball, Cape Town (1833) 7. Manufacture: Gog and Magog, London (1865) 8. Morality: electric time system, Brno (1903-6) 9. Resistance: telescope driving-clock, Edinburgh (1913) 10. Identity: golden telephone handsets, London (1935) 11. War: miniature atomic clocks, Munich (1972) 12. Peace: plutonium timekeeper, Osaka (6970). Acknowledgments. Notes. Selected sources. Credits. Index
