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Review: Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern WorldUser Review - Kevin - GoodreadsOne of the definitive works on the history of time keeping. It is full of useful detail, yet also provides a big picture of the developments of horology. The one danger of the book is that it can ... Read full review Review: Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern WorldUser Review - Steve Dock - GoodreadsThe first chapters give a masterful view of how mankind's relationship to and conception of TIME evolved and suddenly changed with the development of clocks. The remainder of the book is a technical tour-de-force on clockmaking. Read full review Related books
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