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About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks by David Rooney

• About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
  

• David Rooney
  

• Page: 288
  

• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
  

• ISBN: 9781324021957
  

• Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
  

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Books That Cover Two Human Constants: Time and Motion 272 pp. Bloomsbury. $28. ABOUT TIME A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks By David Rooney 288 pp. W.W. Norton & Company. $28.95  About Time, A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks by In About Time, time expert David Rooney tells the story of timekeeping, and how it continues to shape our modern world. Over twelve chapters we discover how  Book Review: "About Time" -- Clocks That Made History David Rooney's thesis in About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks is provocatively ironic: clocks, through their  About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks Hardcover In twelve chapters, demarcated like the hours of time, we meet the greatest inventions in horological history, from medieval water clocks to monumental sundials  About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks - Amazon This unusual book is part a collection of the thoughts and journeys of a clock-lover and historian, and part retelling of certain events in history,