The clocks are telling lies : science, society, and the construction of time / Scott Alan Johnston.
Johnston, Scott Alan, author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2022
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Title
The clocks are telling lies : science, society, and the construction of time / Scott Alan Johnston.
Author
Johnston, Scott Alan, author.
ISBN
9780228009641 (electronic book)
0228009642 (electronic book)
9780228009634 (electronic book)
0228009634 (electronic book)
Published
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
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QB223 .J64 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
389/.17
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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THE CLOCKS ARE TELLING LIES
Title
Copyright
Contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Uneasy Beginnings
2 Amateurs, Professionals, and Eccentrics
3 The International Meridian Conference
4 "The House That Jack Built": Selling Time, Constructing Modernities
5 Teaching Time, Using Time
Conclusion
Appendix: Resolutions Passed by the IMC
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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