The Clocks Are Telling Lies
Science, Society, and the Construction of Time
(Author) Scott Alan Johnston
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Hardcover
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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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Publisher:
McGill-Queen's University Press
Format:
Hardcover
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780228008439
Publish year:
2022
Publish date:
Jan. 5, 2022