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Title: Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World by David S. Landes ISBN: 0-674-00282-2 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: 21 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Outstanding information, sometimes a tough read
Comment: The guy who wrote this seems to like using big words just for the sake of using them. I have never seen the information in this book anywhere else. It is a great history of timekeeping. If you're fascinated with clocks or watches and would like to get some true education, pick up a copy of this book. Just be warned that it is not a book that most people can just breeze through.

Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful history of technology and competitive change
Comment: I read this book in it's first incarnation, when I first became interested in horological collecting. Mr. Landes writes an informative and educational treatise on horological development and history, and in the process creates an illuminating case study of the impact of competitive pressures on established industry. It is fascinating to take one of original "high tech" industries and see how technological change and marketplace behavior affect entire companies and national industries. The long-term history described in this book perfectly illustrates Santayana's "remember the past" concept. There are amazing parallels to technological and marketing revolutions we still see developing today. A good read, which I would recomend heartily for horological afficianados and students of business and technology.

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