God's clockmaker : Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time /
North, John David,
God's clockmaker : Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time / John North. - xvii, 441 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Foundations -- Eclipse -- The Black Monks -- Wallingford -- Oxford -- An astronomer among theologians -- The state of the kingdom -- part 2. An abbot's rule -- A new abbot -- Reprove, persuade, rebuke -- The visitor visited -- The litigious abbot -- part 3. Time and the man -- Builders and clockmakers -- Horologe and history -- The St Albans clock -- Machina mundi -- Legacy -- part 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.
A biography of Richard of Wallingford, a medieval abbot, mathematician and scientist who built a pioneering astronomical and astrological clock.
1852854510 9781852854515 1852855711 9781852855710
2006361208
Richard, of Wallingford, 1292-1336.
Richard, of Wallingford, 1292-1336
Richard, of Wallingford, 1292-1336.
Richard (of Wallingford)
Saint Albans--Kloster.
To 1500
Geschichte 1310-1340.
Astronomers--Great Britain--Biography.
Clock and watch makers--Great Britain--Biography.
Clock and watch making--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Clocks and watches--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Time.
Time
Astronomes--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
Horlogers--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
Temps.
time.
Astronomers.
Clock and watch makers.
Clock and watch making.
Clocks and watches.
Time.
Zeitmessung
Mathematik
Tijdmeting.
Klokken.
Klokkenmakers.
Astronomers--Great Britain--Biography.
Clock and watch makers--Great Britain--Biography.
Clock and watch making--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Clocks and watches--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Time.
Great Britain.
England
abbot Wallingford Richard Hambedon & London North John biography astronomical monumental/big specific oeuvre
Biography
Biographie.
Biographies.
History.
Biografie.
Biographies.
Biographies.
God's clockmaker : Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time / John North. - xvii, 441 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Foundations -- Eclipse -- The Black Monks -- Wallingford -- Oxford -- An astronomer among theologians -- The state of the kingdom -- part 2. An abbot's rule -- A new abbot -- Reprove, persuade, rebuke -- The visitor visited -- The litigious abbot -- part 3. Time and the man -- Builders and clockmakers -- Horologe and history -- The St Albans clock -- Machina mundi -- Legacy -- part 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.
A biography of Richard of Wallingford, a medieval abbot, mathematician and scientist who built a pioneering astronomical and astrological clock.
1852854510 9781852854515 1852855711 9781852855710
2006361208
Richard, of Wallingford, 1292-1336.
Richard, of Wallingford, 1292-1336
Richard, of Wallingford, 1292-1336.
Richard (of Wallingford)
Saint Albans--Kloster.
To 1500
Geschichte 1310-1340.
Astronomers--Great Britain--Biography.
Clock and watch makers--Great Britain--Biography.
Clock and watch making--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Clocks and watches--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Time.
Time
Astronomes--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
Horlogers--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
Temps.
time.
Astronomers.
Clock and watch makers.
Clock and watch making.
Clocks and watches.
Time.
Zeitmessung
Mathematik
Tijdmeting.
Klokken.
Klokkenmakers.
Astronomers--Great Britain--Biography.
Clock and watch makers--Great Britain--Biography.
Clock and watch making--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Clocks and watches--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Time.
Great Britain.
England
abbot Wallingford Richard Hambedon & London North John biography astronomical monumental/big specific oeuvre
Biography
Biographie.
Biographies.
History.
Biografie.
Biographies.
Biographies.