{"product_id":"gods-clockmaker-john-david-north-9781852854515","title":"God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time","description":"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John David North\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1852854510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781852854515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continnuum-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.60w x 1.55d","brand":"John David North","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939013492991,"sku":"9781852854515","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5f59f1d3-2fe6-426c-ae84-9dca9fb9113d.jpg?v=1681438986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gods-clockmaker-john-david-north-9781852854515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}