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This is one of the most unique books I have ever read. It is a book all about the history of clocks, or as it is known in the business “Horology.” The author is a clock historian, has worked at the Greenwich Observatory and has been the president of the worldwide horological society. I can think of Leggi tutto

If you enjoy technology and history, don't let my 3-star rating stop you from reading this book. It had a couple of chapters that I found to be absolute gems. My biggest critique of David Rooney's About Time is that it could've used more polishing and editing. The narrative waffled between how clocks Leggi tutto

Nice book. I like the topic and theme of the book. Author did his research and presented it in an interesting way. I got to know about many new things, events, people while listening to the book ( I listened to audio version of the book in Audible). I want my kids to read this book. I felt book was

There are lots of books “about time” in one way or another. You can read brief histories of time or book on the “order of time” by physicists (Hawking, Rovelli). There are histories of how changes in keeping time and thinking about it have changed economic life (Landes). There are even books by phil Leggi tutto

“Technology is never neutral, because objects are made by people with a agenda of some sort. “ I have never thought about clocks and time as political or social things; they are just there. This book was fascinating and eye-opening in its exploration of man’s relationship to time via clocks. I thorou Leggi tutto

I really thought I was going to like this book. I've been a watch nerd for three years now and I'm fascinated by the technological aspects of horology. Moreover, I find the philosophy of time and its mutable nature to be one of the most interesting topics to think about. And as someone on the leftwa Leggi tutto

Excellent book with wonderful thoughts that challenge our ways of seeing the way time has shaped us as a people, nation and world.