God's Clockmaker : Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time
God's Clockmaker : Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time
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God's Clockmaker 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. Richard of Wallingford (1292-1336), the son of a blacksmith, was a brilliant mathematician with a genius for the practical solution of technical problems. Trained at Oxford, he became a monk and then abbot of the great abbey of St. Albans, where he designed his clock. His achievement is a striking example of the sophistication of medieval science, based on knowledge handed down from the Greeks and the Arabs.
God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time,John North,Hambledon & London,1852854510,Biography / Autobiography,Europe - Great Britain - General,History,History: World,Scientists - General,Scientists - Inventors,Time,Biography: general,Science / History,Topics in philosophy,United Kingdom, Great Britain
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