The Clocks Are Telling Lies: Science, Society, And The Construction Of Time

Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where, suddenly, the time differences between cities mattered. This book is an exploration of why we tell time the way we do, demonstrating that organizing a new global time system was no simple task.

• | By (Author): Scott Alan Johnston
• | Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 05, 2022
• | Country of Publication: Canada
• | Number of Pages: 264 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0228008433
• | ISBN-13: 9780228008439