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A Tenth of a Second

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In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies - telegraphy, photography, cinematography - this title locates the reverberations of this 'perceptual moment' throughout culture.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780226093192
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 288
  • Udgivet:
  • 15. november 2011
  • Størrelse:
  • 230x154x23 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 402 g.
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In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies - telegraphy, photography, cinematography - this title locates the reverberations of this 'perceptual moment' throughout culture.

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