{"product_id":"9781852854515","title":"God's Clockmaker : Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGod's Clockmaker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): John North\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eClocks 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781852854515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40593522786510,"sku":"9781852854515","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_271e4ebf-66ab-442e-a852-ba2054cad015.jpg?v=1637789778","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781852854515","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}