The Time Factory

Sep 19, 2021 52m

8.2

4 votes

Synopsis

Who invented time, who invented the clock? Why 1 hour, why 60 minutes, why 60 seconds? Since prehistoric times, man has sought to measure time, to organize social and religious life, to plan food supply... Today we can surf the Internet, geolocate, pay by credit card… All our daily lives depend on time and the synchronization of clocks. The history of the invention of time and of the ways and instruments to measure it is a long story…

Title	The Time Factory
Companies	Grand Angle Productions, France Télévisions
Countries	France
Keywords	time, ancient rome, albert einstein, middle ages (476-1453), pendulum, ancient greece, babylon, 17th century, 1900s, science history, general relativity, measurement, precision, clockwork, chronometer, sundial, atomic clock, water clock