by Simon Garfield · Canongate Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781782113218
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«Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time», by Simon Garfield, is the cultural history essay in hardcover (368 pages, in English).
Simon Garfield's essay traces the human obsession with measuring, controlling, selling, filming and immortalizing time, with episodes such as the Beatles rehearsing for an hour and a half, a senator speaking for 25 hours, or a woman reinventing the calendar. Garfield combines history, science and humor and asks whether we have lost our judgment with the clock.
Originally published on July 6, 2017 in Main edition; it is framed within social and cultural history.
A work for readers of nonfiction and historical popularization, with an interest in how time has shaped culture and science.
Simon Frank Garfield is a British journalist and non-fiction author. He has written for publications such as Time Out, The Independent, and The Observer. His early work focused on the music industry, but his books have increasingly delved into niche topics, from British wrestling and the invention of mauve to the history of encyclopedias and typefaces. Garfield is based in London.
