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This book recounts the history of telling time from the dawn of civilization to the present. More than a simple chronology, it explores the technical resources used to measure time―whether solar, hydraulic, mechanical, or electrical―just as it explains the key factors behind the major breakthroughs in the science of horology. From ancient astronomical observatories to atomic clocks, instruments for telling time have always been closely linked to the cutting-edge sciences of the day, ranging from medicine and navigation to aeronautics. Inventions in timekeeping have been crucial to the organization of human society and to activities such as farming, industry, and trade. Each new development was based on the needs and accomplishments of its day yet spurred further discoveries. Writing a history of time means viewing human genius through the prism of the steady mastery of a crucial technology. The patient, long-term conquest of accuracy has been the result of successive advances from sundial to wristwatch up to the recent exploits of the heirs to this age-old quest, namely master horologists of the twenty-first century.
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Dominique Fléchon is a historian and expert in fine watchmaking. Franco Cologni is chairman of the Cultural Council of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie. He has contributed to Montblanc: Writing Time, The Cartier Collection: Jewelry, and The Cartier Collection: Timepieces.
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This book recounts the history of telling time from the dawn of civilization to the present. More than a simple chronology, it explores the technical resources used to measure timewhether solar, hydraulic, mechanical, or electricaljust as it explains the key factors behind the major breakthroughs in the science of horology. From ancient astronomical observatories to atomic clocks, instruments for telling time have always been closely linked to the cutting-edge sciences of the day, ranging from medicine and navigation to aeronautics. Inventions in timekeeping have been crucial to the organization of human society and to activities such as farming, industry, and trade. Each new development was based on the needs and accomplishments of its day yet spurred further discoveries. Writing a history of time means viewing human genius through the prism of the steady mastery of a crucial technology. The patient, long-term conquest of accuracy has been the result of successive advances from sundial to wristwatch up to the recent exploits of the heirs to this age-old quest, namely master horologists of the twenty-first century.
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The Mastery of Time: a History of Timekeeping, from the Sundial to the Wristwatch: Discoveries, Inventions, and Advances in Master Watchmaking
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Flammarion Publishing, 2012
ISBN 10: 2080200801
ISBN 13: 9782080200808
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Librería: Salish Sea Books, Bellingham, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
Condición: Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); Heavy (5.5 lbs); Black dust jacket with images of watches, and title in white lettering; 2012, Flammarion Publishing; 456 pages; "The Mastery of Time: a History of Timekeeping, from the Sundial to the Wristwatch: Discoveries, Inventions, and Advances in Master Watchmaking," by Dominique Flechon. Nº de ref. del artículo: SKU-1529AF12903255
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The Mastery of Time: a History of Timekeeping, from the Sundial to the Wristwatch: Discoveries, Inventions, and Advances in Master Watchmaking
Publicado por
Flammarion Publishing, 2012
ISBN 10: 2080200801
ISBN 13: 9782080200808
Antiguo o usado
Tapa dura
Librería: Salish Sea Books, Bellingham, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
Condición: Very Good. Very Good in a Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is moderately shelfworn and edgeworn with a couple minor edge-tears, otherwise is clean and glossy, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); Heavy (5.5 lbs); Black dust jacket with images of watches, and title in white lettering; 2012, Flammarion Publishing; 456 pages; "The Mastery of Time: a History of Timekeeping, from the Sundial to the Wristwatch: Discoveries, Inventions, and Advances in Master Watchmaking," by Dominique Flechon. Nº de ref. del artículo: SKU-1113AH04608134
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