God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time
Clocks became common in late medieval Europe and the measurement of time began to rule everyday life. God's Clockmaker 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, becom…
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- ISBN: 978-1-85285-451-5
- EAN: 9781852854515
- Produktnummer: 9498723
- Verlag: Continuum 3Pl
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 462 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.8 cm x D3.9 cm 862 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 862
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