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In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. But it wasn’t until the 1850s that instruments could recognize a tenth of a second, and, once they did, the impact on modern science and society was profound. Revealing the history behind this infinitesimal interval, A Tenth of a Second sheds new light on modernity and illuminates the work of important thinkers of the last two centuries. Tracing debates about the … More >>
A Tenth of a Second: A History
Tags: 1850s, debates, fifteenth century, interval, minute hands, modern science, modernity, science and society, second hands, thinkers