The clocks are telling lies : science, society, and the construction of time /

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Main Author: Johnston, Scott Alan (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
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505 0 |a Cover -- 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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