by David Rooney · Garzanti · tapa dura · ISBN 9788811819110
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«I 12 orologi che raccontano il mondo» is the historical essay by David Rooney, published by Garzanti in hardback (312 pages, in Italian).
David Rooney analyses twelve emblematic clocks, from Roman sundials to today's satellites, and shows how these instruments served to enrich, govern and build empires. The measurement of time marked human progress, the exploration of continents and politics; the history of time is our own history.
The work belongs to the Saggi collection and was translated by Albertine Cerutti; its English original is titled «About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks» (2021).
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