{"product_id":"9781852854515-gods-clockmaker-richard-of-wallingford-and-the-invention-of-time","title":"North John - God's Clockmaker Richard Of Wallingford And The Invention Of Time - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Clocks became common in late medieval Europe and the measurement of time began to rule everyday life. 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 built his clock. Although as abbot he held great power he was also a tragic figure becoming a leper. His achievement nevertheless is a striking example of the sophistication of medieval science based on knowledge handed down from the Greeks via the Arabs.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: God's Clockmaker Richard Of Wallingford And The Invention Of Time\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): North John\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781852854515\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 462 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 6\/1\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Philosophy","brand":"North John","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49625959530801,"sku":"IN-G-9781852854515","price":97.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781852854515.jpg?v=1724909799","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781852854515-gods-clockmaker-richard-of-wallingford-and-the-invention-of-time","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}