Clocks and Culture: 1300-1700 by Anthony Grafton, Carlo M. Cipolla

Clocks and Culture: 1300-1700

Anthony Grafton, Carlo M. Cipolla

192 pages first pub 1967 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
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How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of crafts guilds and the scientific research that led to the Industrial Revolution? Clocks and Culture is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe over four hundred years due to techno...

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