The Resource Timekeepers : how the world became obsessed with time, Simon Garfield
Timekeepers : how the world became obsessed with time, Simon Garfield
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The item Timekeepers : how the world became obsessed with time, Simon Garfield represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Timekeepers : how the world became obsessed with time, Simon Garfield represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to be dominated by something so arbitrary? The compelling stories in this book explore our obsessions with time
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 349 pages
- Note
- Originally published: 2016
- Isbn
- 9781782113218
- Label
- Timekeepers : how the world became obsessed with time
- Title
- Timekeepers
- Title remainder
- how the world became obsessed with time
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon Garfield
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to be dominated by something so arbitrary? The compelling stories in this book explore our obsessions with time
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Garfield, Simon
- Dewey number
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- 153.7'53
- 153.753
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Time perception
- Time
- Time measurements
- Psychology
- Label
- Timekeepers : how the world became obsessed with time, Simon Garfield
- Note
- Originally published: 2016
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781782113218
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 349 pages
- Isbn
- 9781782113218
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- Label
- Timekeepers : how the world became obsessed with time, Simon Garfield
- Note
- Originally published: 2016
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781782113218
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 349 pages
- Isbn
- 9781782113218
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
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