The conquest of time

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Autore :	Dominique Fléchon
Editore :	Flammarion (2011)
Legatura :	Hardcover w/jacket (456 pages) 9 inches x 11 inches
Lingua :	French
ISBN :	978-2-08-125039-0
EAN :	9782081250390

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The conquest of time, by D. Fléchon, Ed. Flammarion, 9 inches x 11 inches ( 23 cm x 28 cm ), hardcover book with 456 full color pages

This great hardcover book with 456 full color pages with superb illustrations retraces the history of time, from origins to the present times.
Critical to the organization of social life, for the agricultural and industrial production and trade, horological inventions were fed watch the progress and needs of their time as they have promoted the great discoveries.
Approaches combining historical, scientific and human, the author examines the watch as a science but also as an art, dedicating this book to the genius of the man who, in his relentless quest for precision has continued to create instruments of a complexity and beauty even more amazing.
He retraces their history, from the early approaches to the division of time modeled on the observation of the stars to the measuring devices the most advanced (mechanical clocks, electronic and atomic clocks).
In doing so, it establishes the link between this history and the progressive mastery by humanity of a world a world on which a large sun - that of reason - no more go down.
This richly illustrated panorama is supplemented of teaching materials that will make this book a reference work for specialists in the subject as a book of discovery aimed at novices.

Contents:

1. WATCH MAKING, DAUGHTER OF ASTRONOMY (from origins to the late 13th century)

The Neolithic Revolution
Writing and predict time
Medieval Europe: from sundial to mechanical clock

2. FROM CLOCK TO WATCH (from 14th to 16th century)

Public time
Private time
The birth of the mechanical watch

3. THE INVENTION OF PRECISION (from 16th to 18th century)

The Copernican revolution
The watchmaker in the service of world leaders
The technical and scientific progress
From fashion watch to precision watch
First aesthetic research

4. DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (1790 - 1918)

Industrial revolution, watch revolution
From workshop to the first factories
A functional instrument: chronograph
The era of travel: from local time to Universal Time
Technical innovations
The astronomical clock
The birth of the wristwatch

5. FROM THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE MECHANICAL WRISTWATCH TO THE ACCURACY OF QUARTZ (1920 - 2000)

The wristwatch becomes functional
The challenges of the 20th century
Astronomical time defeated by the atomic clock
The era of quartz
Design, the new language of watches

6. HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND PRECIOUS WATCHES ( from 2000 to nowadays )

The revival of the watch making tradition
New materials and technological advances
The complications for men
The watch for women
21st century, the watch between art and art of living

ANNEXES

Glossary
Index - People and places
Index - Main technical terms
Index - Watch works

The French texts are written by Dominique Fléchon.

Description française

La conquête du temps

Détails du livre

Auteur :	Dominique Fléchon
Éditeur :	Flammarion (2011)
Reliure :	Relié sous jaquette (456 pages) 23 cm x 28 cm ( 9 inches x 11 inches )
Langue(s) :	Français
ISBN :	978-2-08-125039-0
EAN :	9782081250390

Description

La conquête du temps, de D. Fléchon, Ed. Flammarion, 23 cm x 28 cm, relié avec 456 pages couleurs

Ce superbe ouvrage de 456 pages couleurs magnifiquement illustré relate l'histoire du temps, des origines de l'homme jusqu'à nos jours.
Déterminantes pour l'organisation de la vie en société, pour la production agricole et industrielle et pour les échanges commerciaux, les inventions horlogères se sont nourries des progrès et des besoins de leur temps autant qu'elles ont favorisé les grandes découvertes.
Conjuguant les approches historique, scientifique et humaine, l'auteur aborde l'horlogerie comme une science mais également comme un art, dédiant ce livre au génie de l'homme qui, dans son inlassable quête de précision n'a eu de cesse de créer des instruments d'une complexité et d'une beauté toujours plus étonnantes.
Il retrace leur histoire depuis les premières approches de la division du temps calquée sur l'observation des astres jusqu'aux appareils de mesure les plus perfectionnés (horloges mécaniques, électroniques et atomiques).
Ce faisant, il établit le lien entre cette histoire et la maîtrise progressive par l'humanité d'un monde sur lequel un grand soleil - celui de la raison - ne se couchera plus.
Ce panorama richement illustré est complété d'outils didactiques qui feront de ce livre une référence de travail pour les spécialistes du sujet autant qu'un livre de découverte destiné aux novices.

Principaux chapitres de l'ouvrage :

1. L'HORLOGERIE, FILLE DE L'ASTRONOMIE (des origines à la fin du XIIIe siècle)