02337nam 2200565 450 991045403310332120210209174439.01-282-02481-797866120248180-8264-4474-1(CKB)1000000000725024(EBL)436777(OCoLC)319715230(SSID)ssj0000164176(PQKBManifestationID)11154790(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164176(PQKBWorkID)10120938(PQKB)10194185(MiAaPQ)EBC5309643(MiAaPQ)EBC436777(Au-PeEL)EBL436777(CaONFJC)MIL202481(EXLCZ)99100000000072502420180316h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGod's clockmaker Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time /John NorthLondon, [England] :Hambledon Continuum,2006.©20061 online resource (462 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85285-571-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Preface; PART ONE: Foundations; PART TWO: An Abbot's Rule; PART THREE: Time and the Man; PART FOUR: The Springs of Western Science; Notes; Bibliography; IndexClocks became common in late medieval Europe and the measurement of time began to rule everyday life. God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time 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 AlbansTimeElectronic books.Time.115North John David49603MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454033103321God's clockmaker2479640UNINA