Episode 34: Rolex and the Hands that Changed the World
Did you know that a town in Norway wanted to abolish time? They decided to get rid of all the clo...
Tracing The Path: The Connected 20th Century · Dan R. Morris - 20th Century Historian
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Show Notes
Did you know that a town in Norway wanted to abolish time? They decided to get rid of all the clocks because "shouldn't people eat when they are hungry and sleep when they are tired?" You'll be amazed at how we got here in the first place. Today we connect Rolex, Galileo, Christiaan Huygens, The Golden Spike, Benedictine Monks, the US Naval Observatory, John Harrison and the Boer War.