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Western culture has been obsessed with regulating society by the precise accurate measurement of time since the Middle Ages In On Time Ken Mondschein explores the paired development of concepts and technologies of timekeeping with human thought Without clocks he argues the modern world as we know it would not exist From the astronomical timekeeping of the ancient world to the tower clocks of the Middle Ages to the seagoing chronometer the quartz watch and the atomic clock greater precision and accuracy have had profound effects on human societywhich in turn has driven the quest for further precision and accuracy This quest toward automationwhich gave rise to the Gregorian calendar the factory clock and even the neardisastrous Y2K bughas led to profound social repercussions and driven the creation of the modern scientific mindsetSurveying the evolution of the clock from prehistory to the twentyfirst century Mondschein explains how both the technology and the philosophy behind Western timekeeping regimes came to take over the entire world On Time is a story of thinkers philosophers and scientists and of the thousand decisions that continue to shape our daily lives. 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Without clocks, he argues, the modern world as we know it would not exist. From the astronomical timekeeping of the ancient world to the tower clocks of the Middle Ages to the seagoing chronometer, the quartz watch, and the atomic clock, greater precision and accuracy have had profound effects on human society--which, in turn, has driven the quest for further precision and accuracy. This quest toward automation--which gave rise to the Gregorian calendar, the factory clock, and even the near-disastrous Y2K bug--has led to profound social repercussions and driven the creation of the modern scientific mindset.Surveying the evolution of the clock from prehistory to the twenty-first century, Mondschein explains how both the technology and the philosophy behind Western timekeeping regimes came to take over the entire world. On Time is a story of thinkers, philosophers, and scientists, and of the thousand decisions that continue to shape our daily lives. 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