ABOUT TIME: A HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION IN TWELVE CLOCKS (PB)

The measurement of time has always been essential to human civilization. Discover how clocks have helped people navigate the globe and build empires, but also, on occasion, taken us to the brink of destruction. Over the course of twelve concise chapters, readers will be introduced to the most epochal inventions in horological history, from medieval water clocks to Renaissance hourglasses, and from stock-exchange timestamps to satellites in Earth's orbit.