New at the library. 2011-11-22
La conquête du temps by Dominique Fléchon : the history of time measurement through the horology (book)
Flammarion editions seem to come in their collection Fine Books, a book by Dominique
Fléchon, historian and expert on luxury watches: La Conquête du Tamps, which tells the story
of time measurement, the origins of man up to the present.
La Conquête du Temps tells the story of time measurement, human origins to the present.
Critical to the organization of social life, for the agricultural and industrial production and trade, horological inventions have improved watch progress and needs of their time as they have promotedthe great discoveries.
Mixing historical, scientific and human approaches Fléchon Dominique...Read more...
