A Tenth of a Second: A History

by JCanales (Author)

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Hardcover
2010
$97.47

In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies - telegraphy, photography, cinematography - this title locates the reverberations of this 'perceptual moment' throughout culture.

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In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies - telegraphy, photography, cinematography - this title locates the reverberations of this 'perceptual moment' throughout culture.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Edition: 1
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 08 Jan 2010
ISBN 10: 0226093182
ISBN 13: 9780226093185

A Tenth of a Second: A History

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$97.47

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