| God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time Contributor(s): North, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1852855711 ISBN-13: 9781852855710 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: Clocks became common in late medieval Europe and the measurement of time began to rule everyday life. This work 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Science | Time - Science | History |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007279730 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.16" W x 9.16" (1.54 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 problems. Trained at Oxford, he became a monk and then abbot of the great abbey of St Albans, where he built his clock. Although as abbot he held great power, he was also a tragic figure, becoming a leper. His achievement, nevertheless, is a striking example of the sophistication of medieval science, based on knowledge handed down from the Greeks via the Arabs. |