God's clockmaker : Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time /: Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John North.
• Other Names: North, John David
• Contents: Pt. 1. Foundations -- Eclipse -- The Black Monks -- Wallingford -- Oxford -- An astronomer among theologians -- The state of the kingdom -- pt. 2. An abbot's rule -- A new abbot -- Reprove, persuade, rebuke -- The visitor visited -- The litigious abbot -- pt. 3. Time and the man -- Builders and clockmakers -- Horologe and history -- The St Albans clock -- Machina mundi -- Legacy -- pt. 4. The springs of Western science -- The migration of ideas -- A primer in Aristotelian natural philosophy -- Natural philosophy in Oxford -- The astronomers -- The astrologers -- Instruments of thought -- Albion -- Epilogue.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Hambledon and London
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 441 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 681.113092; Astronomers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Clock and watch making -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500; Clocks and watches -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500; Time; ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES -- Clocks & Watches; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology; Astronomers; Clock and watch makers; Clock and watch making; Clocks and watches; Time; Zeitmessung; Tijdmeting; Klokken; Klokkenmakers; Mathematik; Great Britain; England; Biographie; Electronic books; Biography; History; Kloster
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780826439628; 0826439624
• Related ISBNs: 1852854510; 9781852854515; 1852855711; 9781852855710
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.