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Clocks and Culture: 1300-1700

Carlo M. Cipolla

3.6/5 ( ratings)

How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of crafts guilds and the scientific research that led to the Industrial Revolution? Clocks and Culture is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe over four hundred years due to technological advances in timekeeping and the rise of a time-aware culture. In his introduction, Anthony Grafton, Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, puts this classic book in perspective.

Language: English

Pages: 206

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: August 17, 2003

ISBN: 0393324435

ISBN 13: 9780393324433

Clocks and Culture: 1300-1700

Carlo M. Cipolla

3.6/5 ( ratings)

How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of crafts guilds and the scientific research that led to the Industrial Revolution? Clocks and Culture is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe over four hundred years due to technological advances in timekeeping and the rise of a time-aware culture. In his introduction, Anthony Grafton, Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, puts this classic book in perspective.

Language: English

Pages: 206

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: August 17, 2003

ISBN: 0393324435

ISBN 13: 9780393324433

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