Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World by David S. Landes (review)
Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World by David S. Landes (review)
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时间革命：时钟与现代世界的形成作者：大卫·S·兰德斯（David S. Landes）（评论）
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1983
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O. Mayr
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O. Mayr
在他那本关于测量时间和制造时钟的文化、技术和制造方面的令人眼花缭乱的书出版十多年后，大卫·兰德斯（David Landes）对《时间革命》（Revolution in time）进行了重大扩展。在新的序言和数十个更新的段落中，他探索了中世纪和早期现代计时的新发现，以及当代高科技用途——手表作为迷你电脑、移动电话、甚至无线电接收器或电视屏幕。在评论最新的研究成果时，朗德从未失去对时间的历史意义及其许多感知和用途的关注，这些问题超越了历史，涉及哲学家，可能还有神学家和文学界。
More than a decade after the publication of his dazzling book on the cultural, technological, and manufacturing aspects of measuring time and making clocks, David Landes has significantly expanded "Revolution in Time," In a new preface and scores of updated passages, he explores new findings about medieval and early-modern time keeping, as well as contemporary hi-tech uses of the watch as mini-computer, cellular phone, and even radio receiver or television screen. While commenting on the latest research, Landes never loses his focus on the historical meaning of time and its many perceptions and uses, questions that go beyond history, that involve philosophers and possibly, theologians and literary folk as well.