Explorations: Heavenly Machine - Clocks - The symbolism of clocks
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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.
Clocks are important for what they symbolize, namely that underneath the chaos of life there are regularities and humans can match these with machines. Simon Schaffer explains. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-09 17:20 |
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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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