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God's Clockmaker

Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time

  • Paperback
  • 464 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • 15.7 x 23.3 x 3.4 cm

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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 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.
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  • Title

    God\'s Clockmaker

  • Author

    John North

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

  • Published

    November 2006

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Weight

    650g

  • Page Count

    464

  • Dimensions

    15.7 x 23.3 x 3.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9781852855710

  • ISBN-10

    1852855711

  • Eden Code

    4651050

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