Verwandte Artikel zu Timekeepers [Idioma Inglés]: Garfield Simon
![9781782113218: Timekeepers [Idioma Inglés]: Garfield Simon](https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9781782113218-de.jpg)
Inhaltsangabe
Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. The Beatles learn to be brilliant in an hour and a half. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch., Beethoven has his symphonic wishes ignored. A US Senator begins a speech that will last for 25 hours. The horrors of war are frozen at the click of a camera., A woman designs a ten-hour clock and reinvents the calendar. Roger Bannister lives out the same four minutes over a lifetime. And a prince attempts to stop time in its tracks., Timekeepers is a book about our obsession with time and our desire to measure it, control it, sell it, film it, perform it, immortalise it and make it meaningful. It has two simple intentions: to tell some illuminating stories, and to ask whether we have all gone completely nuts.
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Críticas
Digressive, gossipy, thoughtful and thoroughly entertaining * * The Sunday Times * * Thoroughly enjoyable and illuminating . . . Stuffed with fascinating material * * Observer * * A sort of museum between hard covers. Timekeepers is as good as pop history gets * * Sunday Express * * Time well spent . . . Simon Garfield has made his name as an author who can spin fascinating narratives out of subjects that seem, on the face of it, narrow to the point of being dull * * Financial Times * * Scholarly but jokey, with a magpie's appetite for glittering trivia, Garfield is as eager to amuse as to inform, and achieves both * * Telegraph * * An eclectic collection of explorations of our relationships with time . . . Very readable * * The Times * * Delightful * * Sunday Telegraph * * Delightful . . . Gloriously funny . . . Garfield has an astonishing capacity for meticulous research and a wonderful ability to select the best stories to entertain us * * Daily Express * * Engaging . . . Engrossing * * Mail on Sunday * * In this book, brilliant cultural historian Simon Garfield assembles a host of intriguing characters who have tried to bend time to their own rules, and questions how we came to be ruled by something so arbitrary * * Elle * * Garfield's anecdotal, science-friendly book explores the tyranny of time and our desire to control it * * Saga * * There could be no better guide than Simon Garfield for this journey into time and its meaning for our lives. From the assembly line to the French Revolution, he covers the quirks of the clock with insight and wry enthusiasm. A riveting, educational read -- DANIEL PINK, author of Drive
Biografía del autor
Simon Garfield is the author of seventeen acclaimed books of non-fiction including A Notable Woman (as editor), To the Letter, On the Map, Just My Type and Mauve. His study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham Award. simongarfield.com
„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
- VerlagCanongate Books
- Erscheinungsdatum2017
- ISBN 10 1782113215
- ISBN 13 9781782113218
- EinbandTapa blanda
- SpracheEnglisch
- Anzahl der Seiten1
Neu kaufen
Diesen Artikel anzeigen![9781782113218: Timekeepers [Idioma Inglés]: Garfield Simon](http://assets.prod.abebookscdn.com/cdn/shared/images/common/loading/collections-spinner.gif)
EUR 14,26
EUR 4,94 für den Versand von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USA
Versandziele, Kosten & Dauer
Suchergebnisse für Timekeepers [Idioma Inglés]: Garfield Simon
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time
Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.61. Artikel-Nr. G1782113215I4N00
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time
Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.61. Artikel-Nr. G1782113215I4N00
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time
Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.61. Artikel-Nr. G1782113215I4N10
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time
Verlag:
Canongate Books, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2017
ISBN 10: 1782113215
ISBN 13: 9781782113218
Gebraucht
Paperback
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. The Beatles learn to be brilliant in an hour and a half. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch. Beethoven has his symphonic wishes ignored. A US Senator begins a speech that will last for 25 hours. The horrors of war are frozen at the click of a camera. A woman designs a ten-hour clock and reinvents the calendar. Roger Bannister lives out the same four minutes over a lifetime. And a prince attempts to stop time in its tracks. Timekeepers is a book about our obsession with time and our desire to measure it, control it, sell it, film it, perform it, immortalise it and make it meaningful. It has two simple intentions: to tell some illuminating stories, and to ask whether we have all gone completely nuts. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR008641040
Anzahl: 2 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Timekeepers : How the World Became Obsessed with Time
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: Good. Main. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Artikel-Nr. 16972064-20
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time
Anbieter: medimops, Berlin, Deutschland
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages. Artikel-Nr. M01782113215-V
Anzahl: 2 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Timekeepers : How the World Became Obsessed with Time
Anbieter: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: Good. Main. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Artikel-Nr. 14628090-6
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Timekeepers : How the World Became Obsessed with Time
Anbieter: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: Good. Main. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Artikel-Nr. 16972064-20
Anzahl: 2 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Timekeepers : How the World Became Obsessed with Time
Anbieter: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: Very Good. Main. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Artikel-Nr. 16020119-20
Anzahl: 3 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time
Anbieter: Hamelyn, Madrid, Spanien
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: Como nuevo. : En 'Timekeepers', Simon Garfield nos lleva en un viaje fascinante a través de la historia de nuestra obsesión con el tiempo. Desde los albores de la medición del tiempo hasta la era atómica, Garfield explora cómo hemos intentado controlar, medir y dar sentido al tiempo. Con anécdotas curiosas y personajes inolvidables, este libro es una reflexión ingeniosa sobre nuestra relación con el tiempo y cómo ha moldeado nuestra sociedad. EAN: 9781782113218 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia Título: Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time Autor: Simon Garfield Editorial: Canongate Books Idioma: en Páginas: 368 Formato: tapa blanda. Artikel-Nr. Happ-2024-09-03-4f38577e
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar