Making Time
| Author | : Yulia Frumer |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2018-01-18 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780226516448 |
| ISBN-13 | : 022651644X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (44X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Making Time by : Yulia Frumer
Download or read book Making Time written by Yulia Frumer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Variable hours in a changing society -- Towers, pillows, and graphs: variation in clock design -- Astronomical time measurement and changing conceptions of time -- Geodesy, cartography, and time measurement -- Navigation and global time -- Time measurement on the ground in Kaga domain -- Clock-makers at the crossroads -- Western time and the rhetoric of enlightenment