Timekeepers : how the world became obsessed with time / / Simon Garfield
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| Autore: |
Garfield Simon
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| Titolo: |
Timekeepers : how the world became obsessed with time / / Simon Garfield
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| Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh ; ; London : , : Canongate, , [2016] |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (252 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 153.753 |
| Soggetto topico: | Time - Psychological aspect |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Very, Very Early or Very, Very Late -- 1. The Accident of Time -- i) Leaving the Ground -- ii) The Shortness of Life and How to Live It -- 2. How the French Messed Up the Calendar -- 3. The Invention of the Timetable -- i) The Fastest Thing You Ever Did See -- ii) Was Ever Tyranny More Monstrous? -- 4. The Beet Goes On -- i) The Way to Play the Ninth -- ii) Just How Long Should a CD Be? -- iii) Revolver -- 5. How Much Talking Is Too Much Talking? -- i) In the Time of Moses -- ii) Talking It Over -- 6. Movie Time -- i) How You Get to the Clock -- ii) Oncoming Train -- 7. Horology Part One: How to Make a Watch -- i) A Very Difficult Floor -- ii) Just What Is It about the Swiss? -- 8. Roger Bannister Goes Round and Round -- 9. Vietnam. Napalm. Girl. -- i) The Split Second -- ii) 'I am Muybridge and this is a message from my wife' -- 10. The Day Shift -- i) We Will Crush, Squash, Slaughter Yamaha! -- ii) The Boss from Hell -- 11. Horology Part Two: How to Sell the Time -- i) Vasco da Gama Special Edition -- ii) Welcome to Baselworld -- iii) Uh-oh -- iv) In Which We Name the Guilty Man -- v) The Most Valuable Watch on the Planet -- 12. Time Tactics That Work! -- i) The Berry Season -- ii) The Lean Email Simple System -- 13. Life Is Short, Art Is Long -- i) The Clock Is a Clock -- ii) White People Are Crazy -- 14. Slowing Down the World -- i) A Place Where Time Stands Still -- ii) Living Frenchly -- iii) Faster Food -- 15. The British Museum and the Story of Us -- i) The Book of Hours -- ii) Doomed and Marooned -- iii) Those Who Feel Differently -- Epilogue: Humility Watch -- Further Reading and Acknowledgements -- Picture Credits -- Index. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Timekeepers |
| ISBN: | 1-78211-320-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825808103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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