God's clockmaker : Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time / / John North

• Autore: North John David
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] : , : Hambledon Continuum, , 2006; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (462 p.)
• Disciplina: 115
• Soggetto topico: Time
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Clocks 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 Albans
• Titolo autorizzato: God's clockmaker
• ISBN: 1-282-02481-7; 9786612024818; 0-8264-4474-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829291203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II