The clocks are telling lies : science, society, and the construction of time /
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2022]
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Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- 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