God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time

by John North

Book Overview

Clocks became common in late medieval Europe and the measurement of time began to rule everyday life. God's Clockmaker 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852855711
• ISBN13: 9781852855710
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"