Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World

by David S Landes (Author)

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  The mechanical clock was one of the technologial advances that brought Western civilization to a position of world leadership. This book details how and why this breakthrough occured through a historical journey that takes in the 14th-century mechanical revolution, Elizabeth I's finger watch, the success of Swiss watchmakers, fakes and smuggling, and how the quartz revolution brought Swiss supremacy to an end.