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Revolution in Time

Revolution in Time Clocks and the Making of the Modern World

Revised Edition

Paperback (27 Apr 2000)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The mechanical clock was one of the technologial advances that brought Western civilization to a position of world leadership. This book details how and why the breakthrough occured through a historical journey.

About the Publisher

Viking

Viking publishes the widest possible range of literary fiction and non-fiction. Our fiction list includes John le Carré, Nick Hornby, Will Self, Colm Tóibín, Nicole Krauss, William Trevor, Catherine O' Flynn, Jonathan Coe, and Joshua Ferris. In non-fiction, the range covers current affairs, history, biography, memoir, narrative non-fiction, music and sport. Our authors include Antony Beevor, Andrew Rawnsley, Mark Bostridge, Sarah Bradford, Saul David, Catherine Bailey, Lynn Barber, Claire Tomalin and John Stubbs.

Book information

ISBN: 9780670889679
Publisher: Viking
Imprint: Viking
Pub date:
Edition: Revised Edition
DEWEY: 681.11309
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 518
Weight: 831g
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 41mm