North, John David, <br/><br/>
God's clockmaker :  Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time / 
John North. 
 - xvii, 441 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-423) and index. 
<br/><br/> Clocks became common in late medieval Europe and the measurement of time began to rule everyday life. This work is a biography of England's greatest medieval scientist, a man who solved major practical and theoretical problems to build an extraordinary and pioneering astronomical and astrological clock. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1852855711 9781852855710 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007279730 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Richard, of Wallingford,  1292-1336. <br/>Richard, of Wallingford,  1292-1336. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Clock and watch makers--Great Britain--Biography.<br/>Astronomers--Great Britain--Biography.<br/>Time.<br/>Astronomers.<br/>Clock and watch makers.<br/>Time.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>biography astronomical monumental/big specific oeuvre Continuum North John St.Albans 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographies.