The clocks are telling lies : science, society, and the construction of time / Scott Alan Johnston.
ISBN:
9780228009641
9780228009634
Title:
The clocks are telling lies : science, society, and the construction of time / Scott Alan Johnston.
Author:
Johnston, Scott Alan, author.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations
Contents:
Uneasy beginnings -- Amateurs, professionals, and eccentrics -- The International Meridian Conference -- "The House That Jack Built": Selling time, constructing modernities -- Teaching time, using time -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Resolutions passed by the IMC.
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Format:
Electronic Resources
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
Montreal ;
Kingston ;
London ;
Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2022]
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