Author: Scott Alan Johnston
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228009634
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. On foot or on horseback, it was impossible to travel fast enough to care that noon was a few minutes earlier or later from one town to the next. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where suddenly the time differences between cities mattered. The Clocks Are Telling Lies is an exploration of why we tell time the way we do, demonstrating that organizing a new global time system was no simple task. Standard time, envisioned by railway engineers such as Sandford Fleming, clashed with universal time, promoted by astronomers. When both sides met in 1884 at the International Meridian Conference in Washington, DC, to debate the best way to organize time, disagreement abounded. If scientific and engineering experts could not agree, how would the public? Following some of the key players in the debate, Scott Johnston reveals how people dealt with the contradictions in global timekeeping in surprising ways – from zealots like Charles Piazzi Smyth, who campaigned for the Great Pyramid to serve as the prime meridian, to Maria Belville, who sold the time door to door in Victorian London, to Moraviantown and other Indigenous communities that used timekeeping to fight for autonomy. Drawing from a wide range of primary sources, The Clocks Are Telling Lies offers a thought-provoking narrative that centres people and politics, rather than technology, in the vibrant story of global time telling.
The Clocks Are Telling Lies
The Clocks Are Telling Lies
Author: Scott Alan Johnston
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228009642
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. On foot or on horseback, it was impossible to travel fast enough to care that noon was a few minutes earlier or later from one town to the next. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where suddenly the time differences between cities mattered. The Clocks Are Telling Lies is an exploration of why we tell time the way we do, demonstrating that organizing a new global time system was no simple task. Standard time, envisioned by railway engineers such as Sandford Fleming, clashed with universal time, promoted by astronomers. When both sides met in 1884 at the International Meridian Conference in Washington, DC, to debate the best way to organize time, disagreement abounded. If scientific and engineering experts could not agree, how would the public? Following some of the key players in the debate, Scott Johnston reveals how people dealt with the contradictions in global timekeeping in surprising ways – from zealots like Charles Piazzi Smyth, who campaigned for the Great Pyramid to serve as the prime meridian, to Maria Belville, who sold the time door to door in Victorian London, to Moraviantown and other Indigenous communities that used timekeeping to fight for autonomy. Drawing from a wide range of primary sources, The Clocks Are Telling Lies offers a thought-provoking narrative that centres people and politics, rather than technology, in the vibrant story of global time telling.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228009642
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. On foot or on horseback, it was impossible to travel fast enough to care that noon was a few minutes earlier or later from one town to the next. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where suddenly the time differences between cities mattered. The Clocks Are Telling Lies is an exploration of why we tell time the way we do, demonstrating that organizing a new global time system was no simple task. Standard time, envisioned by railway engineers such as Sandford Fleming, clashed with universal time, promoted by astronomers. When both sides met in 1884 at the International Meridian Conference in Washington, DC, to debate the best way to organize time, disagreement abounded. If scientific and engineering experts could not agree, how would the public? Following some of the key players in the debate, Scott Johnston reveals how people dealt with the contradictions in global timekeeping in surprising ways – from zealots like Charles Piazzi Smyth, who campaigned for the Great Pyramid to serve as the prime meridian, to Maria Belville, who sold the time door to door in Victorian London, to Moraviantown and other Indigenous communities that used timekeeping to fight for autonomy. Drawing from a wide range of primary sources, The Clocks Are Telling Lies offers a thought-provoking narrative that centres people and politics, rather than technology, in the vibrant story of global time telling.
The Clocks Are Telling Lies
Author: Scott Alan Johnston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780228008439
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where, suddenly, the time differences between cities mattered. This book is an exploration of why we tell time the way we do, demonstrating that organizing a new global time system was no simple task.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780228008439
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where, suddenly, the time differences between cities mattered. This book is an exploration of why we tell time the way we do, demonstrating that organizing a new global time system was no simple task.
Lift-The-Flap Telling the Time
Author: Rosie Hore
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9781805070672
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What does that clock say? When are 12 a.m. and 12 p.m.? And how long is a century? Children can lift over 125 flaps to find out how to read the hours and minutes on digital and analogue clocks, and learn about a.m. and p.m. and 24-hour time. There's a page where they can make their own clock with moving hands, too.
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9781805070672
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What does that clock say? When are 12 a.m. and 12 p.m.? And how long is a century? Children can lift over 125 flaps to find out how to read the hours and minutes on digital and analogue clocks, and learn about a.m. and p.m. and 24-hour time. There's a page where they can make their own clock with moving hands, too.
The Big Lie
Author: Tanya Selvaratnam
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616148462
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A candid assessment of the pros and cons of delayed motherhood. Biology does not bend to feminist ideals and science does not work miracles. That is the message of this eye-opening discussion of the consequences of delayed motherhood. Part personal account, part manifesto, Selvaratnam recounts her emotional journey through multiple miscarriages after the age of 37. Her doctor told her she still "had time," but Selvaratnam found little reliable and often conflicting information about a mature woman's biological ability (or inability) to conceive. Beyond her personal story, the author speaks to women in similar situations around the country, as well as fertility doctors, adoption counselors, reproductive health professionals, celebrities, feminists, journalists, and sociologists. Through in-depth reporting and her own experience, Selvaratnam urges more widespread education and open discussion about delayed motherhood in the hope that long-lasting solutions can take effect. The result is a book full of valuable information that will enable women to make smarter choices about their reproductive futures and to strike a more realistic balance between science, society and personal goals.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616148462
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A candid assessment of the pros and cons of delayed motherhood. Biology does not bend to feminist ideals and science does not work miracles. That is the message of this eye-opening discussion of the consequences of delayed motherhood. Part personal account, part manifesto, Selvaratnam recounts her emotional journey through multiple miscarriages after the age of 37. Her doctor told her she still "had time," but Selvaratnam found little reliable and often conflicting information about a mature woman's biological ability (or inability) to conceive. Beyond her personal story, the author speaks to women in similar situations around the country, as well as fertility doctors, adoption counselors, reproductive health professionals, celebrities, feminists, journalists, and sociologists. Through in-depth reporting and her own experience, Selvaratnam urges more widespread education and open discussion about delayed motherhood in the hope that long-lasting solutions can take effect. The result is a book full of valuable information that will enable women to make smarter choices about their reproductive futures and to strike a more realistic balance between science, society and personal goals.
Reasoner and Theological Examiner
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Secular World and Social Economist
Author: George Jacob Holyoake
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Secularism
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
"The History of the Fleet Street House": 20 p. at the end of v. 18.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Secularism
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
"The History of the Fleet Street House": 20 p. at the end of v. 18.
Spiked: Miscellaneous Godly and Other Wisdom
Author: C. J. Lang
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105688933
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
SECOND EDITION. This is not a lovely, polished, dogmatically correct collection of Biblical legalism; nor is it a collection of head-in-the-clouds reli- gious fluff or hellfire and brimstone Bible thumping. However, it is about smoothing out some of our sharp edges (at least the ones that need to be, in God's eyes). I'm just an av- erage joe punching a clock for God (meaning: God owns this ministry factory, not me...I just work here so all credit goes to Him) that would like to see more people in this world living powerful lives in love with the Lord rather than the pathetic, power- less, pointless existence that so many peo- ple seem to be awakening to every morning. In short, I simply want more people to love and experience our awesome God the way I have in my life. -Rev. C. J. Lang
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105688933
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
SECOND EDITION. This is not a lovely, polished, dogmatically correct collection of Biblical legalism; nor is it a collection of head-in-the-clouds reli- gious fluff or hellfire and brimstone Bible thumping. However, it is about smoothing out some of our sharp edges (at least the ones that need to be, in God's eyes). I'm just an av- erage joe punching a clock for God (meaning: God owns this ministry factory, not me...I just work here so all credit goes to Him) that would like to see more people in this world living powerful lives in love with the Lord rather than the pathetic, power- less, pointless existence that so many peo- ple seem to be awakening to every morning. In short, I simply want more people to love and experience our awesome God the way I have in my life. -Rev. C. J. Lang
The American Architect
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1532
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1532
Book Description
The Signal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Collective labor agreements
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Collective labor agreements
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description