Explorations: Heavenly Machine - Clocks - The effects of clocks on civilizations
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Background to the Channel 4 Millennium Series ‘The Day the World Took Off’, shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.
Some effects of clocks on work regulation and time management. A clock-glass culture emerged, while other civilizations took other paths. Simon Schaffer explains in Faraday's laboratory. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-09 17:07 |
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| Collection: | A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off) |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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