| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 441 pages) : illustrations, map |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 A |
| Notes |
Originally published 2005, reprinted 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-423) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Richard, of Wallingford, 1292-1336.
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Richard, of Wallingford, 1292-1336 |
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Astronomers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Time.
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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES -- Clocks & Watches.
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Astronomers.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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Clock and watch makers.
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Time.
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Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0826444741 |
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9780826444745 |
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