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How the World Became Obsessed with Time

Simon Garfield
‘Technology is making everything faster, and because we know that things will become faster in the future, it follows that nothing is fast enough now.’ Surveying how, over the last 250 years, time has come to dominate our lives, Simon Garfield considers its practical applications rather than theoretical physics: the subjects of his ‘illuminating stories’ include – definitely not in chronological order – football, Beethoven’s Ninth, railway timetables, Roger Bannister, Swiss watchmakers, The Clock (Christian Marclay’s film) and the British Museum. Slightly off-mint
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  • Publisher: Canongate
  • Year: 2016
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 362pp
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 212x133mm
  • ISBN: 9781782113195
  • Condition: Very Good
  • Weight: 0.5kg
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Product code:
534045
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