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A SMITHSONIAN BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2021 'An utterly dazzling book, the best piece of history I have read for a long time' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps 'Not merely an horologist's delight, but an ingenious meditation on the nature and symbolism of time-keeping itself' Richard Holmes Since the dawn of civilisation, we have kept time. But time has always been against us. From the city sundials of ancient Rome to the era of the smartwatch, clocks have been used throughout history to wield ...

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About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks 2022, W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN-13: 9781324021957

Trade paperback

About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks 2022, Penguin Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9780241370513

Mass-market paperback

About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks 2021, W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN-13: 9780393867930

Hardcover

About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks 2021, Viking, London

ISBN-13: 9780241370490

Hardcover