Clocks Are Telling Lies : Science, Society, and the Construction of Time, Har...

Description: Clocks Are Telling Lies : Science, Society, and the Construction of Time, Hardcover by Johnston, Scott Alan, ISBN 0228008433, ISBN-13 9780228008439, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where, suddenly, the time differences between cities mattered. This book is an exploration of why we tell time the way we do, demonstrating that organizing a new global time system was no simple task.

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Book Title: Clocks Are Telling Lies : Science, Society, and the Construction of Time

Number of Pages: 264 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Publication Year: 2022

Topic: Time, History, Astronomy

Item Height: 0.8 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Science

Item Weight: 18.3 Oz

Item Length: 9.2 in

Author: Scott Alan Johnston

Item Width: 6.2 in

Format: Hardcover

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