An edition of Timekeepers (2016)

Timekeepers

How the World Became Obsessed with Time

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Timekeepers
Simon Garfield, Simon Garfield
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An edition of Timekeepers (2016)

Timekeepers

How the World Became Obsessed with Time

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  • 1 Have read

"Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to be dominated by something so arbitrary? The compelling stories in this book explore our obsessions with time. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch. Beethoven has his symphonic wishes ignored. A moment of war is frozen forever. The timetable arrives by steam train. A woman designs a ten-hour clock and reinvents the calendar. Roger Bannister becomes stuck in the same four minutes forever. A British watchmaker competes with mighty Switzerland. And a prince attempts to stop time in its tracks. Timekeepers is a vivid exploration of the ways we have perceived, contained and saved time over the last 250 years, narrated in Simon Garfield's typically inventive and entertaining style. As managing time becomes one of the greatest challenges we face in our lives, this multi-layered history helps us understand it in a sparkling new light."--Dust jacket flap.

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Canongate Books
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English
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368

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Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time
2017, Canongate Books
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Timekeepers: Twenty-One Stories about Our Obsession with Time
2016, Canongate Books
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2016
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OL28632434M
ISBN 13
9781782113218

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