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Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time
Simon Garfield
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Description for Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time
hardcover. An entertaining and authoritative exploration of how and why time has come to rule our lives from the bestselling author of Just My Type Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DN; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 315 x 36. Weight in Grams: 494. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 OBSERVER SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to be dominated by something so arbitrary? The compelling stories in this book explore our obsessions with time. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch. Beethoven has his symphonic ... Read more
SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 OBSERVER SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to be dominated by something so arbitrary? The compelling stories in this book explore our obsessions with time. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch. Beethoven has his symphonic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Dustjacket
Yes
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782113195
SKU
KKD0008941
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Simon Garfield
Simon Garfield is the author of seventeen acclaimed books of non-fiction including A Notable Woman (as editor), To the Letter, On the Map, Just My Type and Mauve. His study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham prize. www.simongarfield.com
Reviews for Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time
Thoroughly enjoyable and illuminating . . . Stuffed with fascinating material
Observer
Digressive, gossipy, thoughtful and thoroughly entertaining . . . Simon Garfield is an exuberant truffle-hound of the recondite and delightful factoid
The Sunday Times
A sort of museum between hard covers. Timekeepers is as good as ... Read more
Observer
Digressive, gossipy, thoughtful and thoroughly entertaining . . . Simon Garfield is an exuberant truffle-hound of the recondite and delightful factoid
The Sunday Times
A sort of museum between hard covers. Timekeepers is as good as ... Read more