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272 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780375401763
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Pantheon
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The story of the man who, in the 1880s, created a unified standard for telling time--one that included the Greenwich Prime Meridian and the International Date Line--and then convinced all the world's nations to adopt it, is presented.
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272 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780375401763
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Pantheon
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The story of the man who, in the 1880s, created a unified standard for telling time--one that included the Greenwich Prime Meridian and the International Date Line--and then convinced all the world's nations to adopt it, is presented.