Clocks are telling lies, the: science, society, and the construction of time
Auteur :
Johnston, Scott Alan
Éditeur :
McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN :
9780228008439
Date de publication :
15 janv. 2022
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Canada
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.