About the Author

SAMUEL L. MACY is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Victoria, where he was also the Dean of Graduate Studies. He is founder of the English Literary Studies Monograph Series and a former president of the International Society for the Study of Time. Among his books are Clocks and the Cosmos: Time in Western Life and Thought, The Dynamics of Progress: Time, Method, and Measure (Georgia), Time: A Bibliographic Guide, and Encyclopedia of Time.

Reviews

This is a provocative juxtaposition of topics, and even professional historians could profitably reflect on their mutual relationships and implications. Interpreting rationality in terms of standardization provides a highly promising way to integrate history of science with technological, economic, and especially social and political history.|This fascinating study of time is both a sound contribution to scholarship and a lively story that will be of interest for a wider public, a story told in refreshingly clear and jargon-free prose.