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Item Details
Title:
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GOD'S CLOCKMAKER
RICHARD OF WALLINGFORD AND THE INVENTION OF TIME |
By: |
John North |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£100.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
1852855711 |
ISBN 13: |
9781852855710 |
Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
Pub. date: |
9 November, 2006 |
Pages: |
464 |
Description: |
Clocks became common in late medieval Europe and the measurement of time began to rule everyday life. This work is a biography of England's greatest medieval scientist, a man who solved major practical and theoretical problems to build an extraordinary and pioneering astronomical and astrological clock. |
Synopsis: |
Clocks became common in late medieval Europe and the measurement of time began to rule everyday life. "God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time" is a biography of England's greatest medieval scientist, a man who solved major practical and theoretical problems to build an extraordinary and pioneering astronomical and astrological clock. Richard of Wallingford (1292-1336), the son of a blacksmith, was a brilliant mathematician with a genius for the practical solution of technical problems. Trained at Oxford, he became a monk and then abbot of the great abbey of St Albans, where he built his clock. Although as abbot he held great power, he was also a tragic figure, becoming a leper. His achievement, nevertheless, is a striking example of the sophistication of medieval science, based on knowledge handed down from the Greeks via the Arabs. |
Illustrations: |
1, black & white illustrations |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Hambledon Continuum |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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