God's Clockmaker

God's Clockmaker
Author: John North
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2010-07-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0826439624

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Clocks 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.

God's Clockmaker

God's Clockmaker
Author: John David North
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2005-05-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1852854510

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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 designed his clock. His achievement is a striking example of the sophistication of medieval science, based on knowledge handed down from the Greeks and the Arabs.

God's Clockmaker

God's Clockmaker
Author: John North
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2007-01-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1852855711

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Clocks 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.

The Blind Watchmaker

The Blind Watchmaker
Author: Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science Richard Dawkins
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996-09-17
Genre: Evolution (Biology)
ISBN: 9780613913812

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Patiently and lucidly, this Los Angeles Times Book Award and Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Prize winner identifies the aspects of the theory of evolution that people find hard to believe and removes the barriers to credibility one by one. As readable and vigorous a defense of Darwinism as has been published since 1859.--The Economist.

The Restless Clock

The Restless Clock
Author: Jessica Riskin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 571
Release: 2016-03-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 022630292X

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A core principle of modern science holds that a scientific explanation must not attribute will or agency to natural phenomena. "The Restless Clock" examines the origins and history of this, in particular as it applies to the science of living things. This is also the story of a tradition of radicals--dissenters who embraced the opposite view, that agency is an essential and ineradicable part of nature. Beginning with the church and courtly automata of early modern Europe, Jessica Riskin guides us through our thinking about the extent to which animals might be understood as mere machines. We encounter fantastic robots and cyborgs as well as a cast of scientific and philosophical luminaries, including Descartes and Leibnitz, Lamarck and Darwin, whose ideas gain new relevance in Riskin's hands. The book ends with a riveting discussion of how the dialectic continues in genetics, epigenetics, and evolutionary biology, where work continues to naturalize different forms of agency. "The Restless Clock "reveals the deeply buried roots of current debates in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and evolutionary biology.

The Amish Clockmaker

The Amish Clockmaker
Author: Mindy Starns Clark
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2015-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0736957383

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From bestselling authors Mindy Starns Clark and Susan Meissner, The Amish Clockmaker (Book 3 in the Men of Lancaster County series) explores the men of an Amish community in Lancaster County, how their Amish beliefs play out in their unique roles, and the women who change their lives. Newlywed Matthew Zook is expanding his family's tack and feed store when a surprising property dispute puts the remodel on hold—and raises new questions about the location's mysterious past. Decades earlier, the same building housed a clock shop run by a young Amish clockmaker named Clayton Raber. Known for his hot temper, Clayton was arrested for the murder of his beloved wife, a crime almost everyone—including his own family members—believed he'd committed, even after charges were dropped. Isolated and feeling condemned by all, Clayton eventually broke from the church, left Lancaster County, and was never heard from again. Now the only way Matthew can solve the boundary issue and save his family's business is to track down the clockmaker. But does this put Matthew on the trail of a murderer? A timeless novel of truth, commitment, and the power of enduring love, where secrets of the past give way to hope for the future.

God's Clock

God's Clock
Author: D. Ebie
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2017-11-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781548078072

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Do we know Jesus as He truly is, or have we only come to know a caricature of who He is based upon doctrines and traditions passed down to us by the Church - a Church splintered into various sects and denominations? God's Clock: Jesus within the LORD'S Appointed Times introduces us to the Jesus we never knew. Gods clock is the signs and seasons established by the LORD at creation; once set it has continued to point to Jesus and make Him known. According to the timing of God's eternal clock Jesus perfectly fulfilled and accomplished God's plan of redemption at His first coming, and He will ultimately bring the LORD'S appointed times to their completion at His Second Coming. "These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ." Colossians 2:17

Whitechapel Gods

Whitechapel Gods
Author: S.M. Peters
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2008-02-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780451461933

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A thrilling new Steampunk fantasy from a talented debut author TWO GODS-ONE CHANCE FOR MANKIND In Victorian London, the Whitechapel section is a mechanized, steam-driven hell, cut off and ruled by two mysterious, mechanical gods-Mama Engine and Grandfather Clock. Some years have passed since the Great Uprising, when humans rose up to fight against the machines, but a few brave veterans of the Uprising have formed their own Resistance-and are gathering for another attack. For now they have a secret weapon that may finally free them-or kill them all...

Fables for God's People

Fables for God's People
Author: John R. Aurelio
Publisher: Crossroad Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1988
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780824508616

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